Making a 200-word post is tiring.

That's so true. 200-400 words are nothing to those who seek the thrill of writing , have passion for it and easily motivated too. I know a guy who have lots of identities online and he uses his fullest potential to whip out articles. He can even find inspirations while driving , while going out and he will then study people to write too based on his imaginations and how he can incorporate those characters into his stories. (based from his blog , that is.) I think he's making money. And lots of it too. I stumbled upon his blog and has been reading since. He's really entertaining and give lots of tips on writing which I find to be very useful. I am not a good writer and I just stick at forums basically but this guy's different. He is an SEO writer , has lots of sense of humor and from what I read from his blog , happily married too. He is certainly an inspiration to many because I would think many guys would want to be in his "lucky" shoes. But he likes to poke fun at himself too , so I think this guy's a real nice person at heart. The words he use may be hurtful to others but actually he's not. He's a nice person and with all these identities which he projected online , he's showing a different side of him. I call that creativity and art. Or multiple personalities whatever but it's just well .... if it adds money to his pockets , then I think he's having a real jolly good time. The best part is that he's everybody's friend even if you don't know him .... Why I'm saying all this is that as a writer , and he likes calling himself that , it is actually a whole lot of other world online. Writing articles which helps to make money can attract all the attention. I learned something valuable from his blog too. There's a method for attracting traffic and for example. Create controversy. If someone's angry and reply then the battle's won. Means like someone comes to your blog and gives added traffic. Something like that. I am not him so I don't know how to say it properly. That's why his blog is so popular. I think he can become the next Seth Godin. Totally an inspiration for me , a mere forum writer. Good topic flagella.

Personally I know I am always looking for ways to earn a little something extra by doing things online, as all the Extra $$ does come in handy. The only drawback I find sometimes is sites that have to accept your work before someone pays you as will my work be warranted enough for this? But when it comes to Writing this can be a good way to explore your creative abilities and learn about yourself and the things that interest you the most.

I agree with you completely, at first when I started writing online I thought it would be too much for me to write 400 word an article. But then once I started my first article it was nothing to me. And what also helped was that I picked an article that I was familiar with or that I could easily become familiar with.