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I started by reading blogs. I wanted to contribute back to the same ecosystem that taught me so much (and I liked writing), so I started blogging about side pro

I started by reading blogs. I wanted to contribute back to the same ecosystem that taught me so much (and I liked writing), so I started blogging about side projects on Blogger. I soon found Digital Ocean's writing program. They were paying $200 for blog posts, which was a lot as a student in South Africa. Money was fairly motivating, but soon the long and slow editing process got tiring, so I started freelance blogging for a few other sites instead. Then I created GitHub page[0] with links to places that pay for writing and links to some resources I enjoyed for learning how to write better. Now I'm convinced that the fact that more and more companies are paying amateur bloggers for content means that there's a nieche for more professionally written content, so (shameless plug) I launched Ritza[1] (I'm focussing on it full time from today only, so it's still very rough!) [0] https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/write-for-us.md https://github.com/sixhobbits/technical-writing/blob/master/... [1] https://ritza.co https://ritza.co

erikpl 6y ago
Do you have tips for making money through technical writing other than writing for Digital Ocean or starting your own shop? Student and writing enthusiast here ️
- sixhobbits 6y ago
  the github links to a bunch of other places that also pay. There is also whopaystechnicalwriters.com which has a link to a book that Philip recently published with more thorough advice. otherwise write, write, write. There exists no method that will make you a better writer than writing a million words. (loosely paraphrasing patio11). Once you have published something it is much easier to find follow on clients. Publishers like PacktPub, Apress etc will usually happily take on inexperienced writers. They don't pay that well but they'll push you hard to get words out the door.

erikpl 6y ago

Do you have tips for making money through technical writing other than writing for Digital Ocean or starting your own shop? Student and writing enthusiast here ️

sixhobbits 6y ago
the github links to a bunch of other places that also pay. There is also whopaystechnicalwriters.com which has a link to a book that Philip recently published with more thorough advice. otherwise write, write, write. There exists no method that will make you a better writer than writing a million words. (loosely paraphrasing patio11). Once you have published something it is much easier to find follow on clients. Publishers like PacktPub, Apress etc will usually happily take on inexperienced writers. They don't pay that well but they'll push you hard to get words out the door.