Making Money Writing Online

For many writers, ditching a 9 to 5 job in pursuit of their literary dreams is a madness often set aside for a later date.  However, ditching a little housework, or the remote control for an hour a day, may prove to be the stepping stone to seeing those dreams come true.  Sites such as Triond, make it possible to earn a little money through fiction writing.  For most writers it’s not the lack of talent that keeps them from making money, it’s the failure to begin.  So what’s stopping you? 

The Stress of the Workplace

Workplace stress is not easily left behind, and finding your way into a creative flow can be painstaking enough to reach for a more habitual evening activity.  However, remember those moments when you were in the midst of a creative flow?  Remember how it fed your spirit?  Now, imagine feeling that recharged in your post-work hours.  A few easy ways of ditching work stress:

1. Meet up with a work colleague after work and laugh about your day.
2. Take yourself for a walk.  Take the dog, take the kids, take your partner, and catch up properly.
3. Listen to a comedy CD on the way home.
4. Run a bubble bath.  Play soothing music.
5. Hit the gym.  Hit a punching bag.
6. If you live alone, throw on some music and dance your way into a better mood.  If you have kids, do it together.

There’s Still So Much To Do

Yes, there often is!  The work never ends, does it?  In fact, it will still be there tomorrow, the next day, and next week, even.  This being the case, how about letting it go for an hour?  Half an hour?  Is the ironing important enough to sacrifice your dreams for?  Even meals can be simplified.  The Internet is filled with wonderful sites offering easy, cheap, recipes.  Try to put your writing first for a week; just to see if your family really will keel over from starvation, or the lack of a crinkle-free shirt.  It’s remarkable how self sufficient people can be.

I Don’t Feel Inspired

This happens rather a lot.  And while I’ve tested out many methods of getting the ideas pouring in, I have to say the most reliable approach so far has been the “just sit down and write” method.  It works every time.  You just have to give it long enough.  Sooner or later you strike an angle and your mental cog-wheels rev up with excitement.  It’s all uphill from then on.

So how about it?  Feeling a little less excuse-prone?  And are you ready to begin making your writing dreams come true?  There is a solution for every one of our obstacles in life, but the greatest obstacle we face is ourselves.