The Write Way To Make Money 2

Selling Work for BIG Money!

Once you have decided on subjects to write, do not write up
the work and then try to sell it. This is called unsolicited
writing, and rarely makes the writer a fortune. You can
easily spend days writing a perfect piece and never be able
to sell it.

Without doubt the only way to make big money in writing is to
sell work before you have written it. This way you can write
in the knowledge that you will be paid for a piece once it is
written - much better!

When you have ideas for something you could write, look for a
publisher who might be interested. The UK ‘Artists & Writers
Yearbook’ is an annual publication which lists all the worlds
significant publishers of English work. Worth buying a copy
at major bookshops. Study the requirements of publishers
carefully to find one who might be interested in your idea.
If possible, go to a library and look at books that publisher
has previously published. For the best chance of success,
they should be of a similar type to your idea.

Next, write to the publisher and introduce yourself. Give
detailed proposals of your idea. If the idea is the type the
publisher handles and they think they can make
money by selling your work it is 99% certain they will be
interested in buying your work. Be prepared to try each
writing idea 8-10 times with different publishers. Only one
need be interested for the chance at making a fortune!

When you find an interested publisher, come to an agreement
on the length of the work and the price. This could be
anything from oe50.00 for a few hundred words, oe1,000 for a
short book, or oe10,000 plus for a full book-length work!
With a lucrative order already obtained you can proceed to
write up the work. As long as your writing is of a
‘passable’ standard you will be paid the agreed sum.
Publishers are quite used to correcting minor errors and
making small changes. You only need to provide them with the
sound basics to earn thousands!

Keep repeating your approaches to publishers to develop
whatever workload you require - part or even full time.
Always try and get each customer to place a repeat order -
they are even more likely to buy than new publishers.
Wherever possible offer a publisher a series of work, e.g. a
set of books or articles on a similar theme. This can
provide you with high paying work for many months hence.

Copyright Avril Harper, UK

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