About article writing

Actually, a lot of it depends on the article that you are writing and who you are writing for. I finished two articles last night where I did not have to "optimize" them for search engines. (I assume that you are talking embedded meta tags for search engine optimization). On that note, meta tags aren't that difficult, a few simple searches on the term should give you enough information to insert them into the articles. As for just good old-fashioned writing, well there is a website called fanstory.com. I go there for fiction (writing fiction), but you'd better be able to take a hard critique or two, or three. For fiction writers it's great for improving skills or just writing for fun. Now, getting paid, that's a whole different ball game. Seriously. Article writing is one of the proven methods of breaking into the publishing world, but these days it seems to be harder to get an editor's attention because they are so bombarded with submissions that your writing better be nearly perfect from the git-go. As you stated, there are MANY diffferent ways to go about article writing these days. I think your best bet is to try and find a magazine or ezine that falls within your niche of expertise and see if you can aquire some work from them. I'm sure that you will need a portfolio, or some kind of example for them to look at. This is really the first thing you should do, build a portfolio. In terms of writing on this site, Mylot, its good practice and you get paid for it. Write discussion articles and post them in the appropriate interest catagories. Make sure to use proper English (grammar), to make sure your skills don't start slacking. Another method is to write the articles and start a blog, ezine or do a website that has downloadable (purchaseable) PDF files. There are many blog sites that pay their users, and ezines usually have monthly subscriptions. This is a bit difficult and very time consuming, not to mention you will have to do all the marketing for your ezine or blog, yourself. I hope this answered some of your questions. :) Feel free to PM me if you need further information. If I don't already know it, I can probably find it. ;)

Magazines would be a good place to start. Almost every magazine has a web site with their writer's guidelines on it somewheres. A copy of a new Writer's Market Book would also have valuable information. Many magazines prefer printed manuscripts mailed to them. Some want a query letter sent first. But some that will take electronic submissions done online. What ever your choice remember to use your spell and grammar check or a good dictionary as editors can ignore a good story by dismissing it early because of misspelled words and/or grammar. I too enjoy writing and am currently taking my second writing course. The one I'm currently doing is done online. You may want to consider taking a writing course as well. There is so much to learn about being a freelance writer. Good luck.

There is a newspaper calld TIDBITS They have all kinds of old fashioned writing and tidbits it is funny and free. You mite not get paid but it is a start. Readers Digest is one they pay if your picked. BUt yes all the mag. mite pick your story and they just mite pay you as well. Give it a shot. The only thing they can say is no. We all collect no's until we get a yes. Just keep trying and don't give up. You have a nice day

Hello, Ccdiane. I'd suggest you try Helium. There are lots of opportunities for writers of fiction and non-fiction, with no emphasis on search engine optimisation. As long as you can write well,you will earn well. It takes a while to work out how Helium works, but it's well worth the effort. I earn $200 - $300 every month by writing an average of 2 articles a day.

have to written for any blogs ?