WRITING REVIEWS

For anyone who is just starting out as a writer it can be quite daunting when you suddenly realise you do not know what to write about! So before you begin giving any thought to larger projects, a good idea to get you writing every day is by writing reviews.

Another bonus to this exercise is that you can get paid for your opinions. Whether you have just travelled on vacation, dined at a restaurant, purchased something, anything online/offline or just want to express delight or anger at a service – then writing reviews could suit you.

This is not like working on survey sites; these are companies who are seeking writers who can report accurately and in an informative style. However for a novice writer this daily practice and the chance to hone your skills can only help you in your quest to become a writer.

If you are interested take a look at these sites, read other contributors reports. Sometimes it is just a very good excuse to make you actually write every day.

www.reviewstream.com

www.shvoong.com

www.sharedreviews.com

www.rateitall.com

www.carrotreviews.com

www.epinions.com



Always a good feeling that you can actually earn some money while you are learning to write.

Have fun always.


Lucy

WRITING LETTERS TO MAGAZINES

If you are just starting out then you probably do not have a great amount of income coming in. Well there is a way of producing small amounts of cash.

Do you read magazines?

Ever read the letters page?

Now look again, most publications pay for contributions and many reward the star letter with a higher cash payment.

If you study the weekly magazines and in most libraries you can read them for free, try to pick up on the style, general content and angle that they look for. You can often write a letter suitable for that publication and possibly after a few tries find yours has been chosen.

I could not even guess how many publications there are out there, but if you study them and write whatever they are looking for, you should be able to make a small but regular amount of money.

It certainly is a good way to begin to understand what editors are searching for, at a later stage we will look at submitting feature articles to magazines.

I often say, you don’t know what you can do until you try.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on...

Until next time


Lucy.

START A BLOG

Hi

Do you have a blog?

The general consensus is that everyone in the world has a blog and yet I actually meet very few people who do. When I ask why not, the reply is usually “I couldn’t write all those pages”

Just think of blogging as writing in your journal every day; however the beauty of blogging for ‘newbie’ writers is the wonderful opportunity it gives you to write regularly. The daily content can be considered as a form of writing practice and the only way to become a better writer is to practice, practice, practice.

After a few postings you will need to start thinking about getting traffic to your blog and the best way to begin is by submitting articles to the top directories.
If you missed the previous entry on this blog, the posting covered writing articles, worth returning for a read.

Your blog subject can be anything you wish, if you write about something you are passionate towards, the writing will come easily.

So to help get your writing career off the ground, start a blog today and begin writing.


Until tomorrow


Lucy