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Getting Paid To Write Online About How To Get Paid To Write Online

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As noted in the headline, there is an internet cottage industry of people getting paid to write online about how to get paid to write online. See websites like The Write LifeMaking A Living Writing, and many more if you Google anything along the lines of “professional blogger”. It’s a weird, self-referential phenomenon.

Empowering writers to make more money is obviously something that I support, and I’ve read a million posts about upping your personal ROI. However, I do think these “Unlock your potential!” types of websites deceive readers. Maybe not directly. But here’s the reality, a reality that’s unprofitable to admit: There aren’t that many well-paying writing jobs out there; most people are neither lucky enough nor talented enough to get them.

(I kept this post in drafts for a while, but I realized that I don’t have anything else to add. So… here ya go, world.)

2 thoughts on “Getting Paid To Write Online About How To Get Paid To Write Online

  1. I do think there are opportunities out there, but there’s an inverse relationship between creative freedom and salary. It’s a huge bummer =/

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