One common question… How could I make money writing – I dont know how to write. Believe it or not it’s not a big deal if you are not a professional writer. Most of the blogger were never a writer and started writing only after they found Internet age. There are some tips need to be followed if you want to understand how to write an article. And it is not only about professional writer, there are many guys who are good at writing but spend couple of hours to write one post. And if you want to be a true blogger working in spare time, you have a develop the habit of writing in a much lesser time. What I always belive is you need to make atleast one post a day to keep the visitor keep coming to your blog. And if you have no time, you need to develop style to write one post as per your time availability (I think half an hour for an article should be doable)

You definitely should not compromise with the quality and start writing junk. You need to write value for your reader in the defined time frame. One tips could be writing short post, may be 400-500 words that should defnitiely accomodate in half an hour. So lets understand the tips which we can follow to write an article in the minimal time without compromising on the quality.

(1) Think of an outline, this can be done at any time even during your regular job and might not include the defined time frame of writing a post. List down the ideas and make a note whenever it comes in your mind. Writing article is all about an idea, if you can think of an outline, its very easy to write an article.
(2) Give some time to develop the ideas. Once defined the basic idea, think about it seriously and start making important point related to that and do not forget to add it in your diary whenever it comes to you. No need to think too much and ass too many points because you have to keep in mind the restriction is word limit (say 400-500). The ideal post should have structure of Introduction, body, conclusion, resources and resource box.
(3) Whenever you get time, sit down and start writing. Dont think to get all the point and then start writing. This could be one of the major reason for not writing on time. I have seen that once I start writing and write for 2 minutes, the flow comes in automatically and it gets done. So keep a deadline of half an hour and write in the best possible way as per defined list and outline.
(4) Dont be in rush to publish it immediately. Once done, take a break and review the article later to give it a final touch.
(5) Use bullet point, if your choosen subject allows for this. Normally we tend to write all important points if we follow bullet points and its also maked it easier to read for visitor.
(6) After writing your post, do not forget to do spell check, then read it throughly a few times to check for spelling mistakes the spell checker may have missed and to correct the grammar and punctuation.
(7) You also need to make sure that the post identify the problem, provide the solution and conclude with an action step or steps. If possible ask your friend or spouse to read it. Believe me they are sure to find out the mistakes what you missed.
(8) Before you post, make sure to do the proper formatting. Where it should be bold / italics or It should be left aligned or justify alignment. The sentence should not be too long to read. An ideal sentence should not exceed 60-70 words.

In general, I do not follow this practice all the time and dont limit my post to 400-500 words. The average is 1000+ words but this time I made sure to follow the mentioned rule and it took me exact 18 minutes to finish it off. If I can repeat this, I am not going to restrict myself writing one post a day.

There are multiple option available in this category wherein you can earn by writing offline or online. We will discuss here offline activities which can be carried away at the comfort of your home. It is quite obvious that this business requires special skill with you as not everyone is capable to write well. You can always tie up with publishing house who publish books / magazine or with website owner who need fresh content on an daily basis. You can either work with them on an regular basis with committed delivery or on a freelance basis wherein you get paid when you submit your work to them. So what all are the opportunities? Lets discuss quite few of them:

- Book writing. If you have expertise in any area or you have knowledge which inspires others, you can always think of writing your own book. It could be about anything from Home remedy or parenting or interior decoration.

- Article writing: This could prove a good step towards taking bigger leap like writing book of your own. You can start writing for magazines or newspaper on your specialized area before you take the step of writing a book.

- Indexing: You will always find it everywhere in books, magazines, pdf documents or might be in website too. This is quite easy job to do as the readymade software is available in the market which does your job perfectly.

- Copy Editor: Once writing in done by the author, it goes through multiple platform in order to make it error proof before it goes for printing. The first step is copy editing wherein fact checking takes place, and where grammatical, stylistic and typographical errors are caught.

- Developmental editing. This is one of the very important task wherein developmental editor works with a manuscript on big-picture things like organization and content issues.

- Book format: This is more like an editorial service provided for manuscripts that is written by experts. They create a manuscript as best they can and then the job remains to make it in a publishable shape.

- Proofreading: This is the last step before it goes for printing so you can call it as last stop for a “finished” piece. The proofreader makes sure the copy editing changes have been properly made and no new errors are created in the process.

- Web Writer: There are millions of website available and thousands of them are actively seeking for writes who can write fresh content for their website. This is one of the best way to make money online by writing. I will cover this separetely in “Online Business” section.

- Rewrite: There are many programs wherein you can get invited to rewrite an article or book in your own style and you get paid on a per word basis.

- Ghost Writer: There are quite a a number of ghost writers available but the demand is huge and supply does not match the demand. So this also provides an ample opportunity to earn quite a lot on a regular basis. Herein you know the topic which you have to write, you need to carry out the research and write a write. However the sad part is that your name does not go with that article because you sell the writing itself to someone else.