Have
you ever heard the expression, "everyone has a book in them that's trying
to get out?” What does this really mean?
Not everyone writes books, do they?
No,
not many attempt the long, difficult process of writing a book-length
manuscript. But a growing number of individuals are being paid for their
writing; and, they've never attempted to write a book!
Why?
Think about it! When you're driving to work in the morning, listening to the
radio, what do you hear? People talking, right? It may surprise you that very
little of that talk is spontaneous. The radio people work from written
material, which means… ? Yes, someone has to WRITE the information down to be read
over the airwaves.
Here's
another example. Your mother's birthday is coming up. What do you do? You buy a
card. Did you ever wonder who wrote the cards you look through when you're
searching for the right message? Well, it's not a big company where people sit
around all day writing cards. The writers of greeting cards could live next
door to you since most of the material is submitted on a freelance basis.
How
about your mail? Do you have days when you receive an endless amount of junk
mail? Letter after letter of come-ons trying to get you to respond; these are
not always thrown out. Some people read them and do inquire about the product
or service mentioned. More importantly, those letters and flyers are WRITTEN…
by someone!
You're
getting the idea. Writing is a common part of everyday business life. From the
brochures telling you about savings accounts down at your local bank to the
billboard you drive by every morning on the way to work to the bumper stickers
you read on the back of the cars in front of you. All of this is written by
somebody. Why couldn't it be you?
Writing
is an essential part of everyday life. There are scores of opportunities
waiting out there for anyone interested in making some money through the
written word. It's not just Stephen King and Danielle Steele. Many of today's
successful freelance writers are completely unknown simply because their name
doesn't appear on their work. Yet you see it every day from television
commercials to newspaper advertising.
Don't
have any experience? Nonsense! Everybody writes, from the notes you send with
your holiday cards to lists you make before grocery shopping. You probably
don't realize how much you write in a given week. In so doing, you are likely
adjusting your writing depending on the subject or audience. When you send a
note to school with your child, you're writing in a certain style that's likely
different than a note you'd send to a relative.
This
is exactly what writers do… they alter their writing content based on their
subject or audience. So who says you can't write for a living?
There's
no end to the kind of writing you can do. However, we do have a few suggestions
for you to consider in getting started thinking about a career, part-time or
full, in the writing field. As you review these pages, some idea may jump off
the page as something you could do. Great! More importantly, don't think
because you're never had a writing lesson that you can't do it. All it takes is
practice, practice, practice and a determined desire to get it right. If you've
got the drive, writing could well be your next career.
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