Hello,
I wrote for awhile for my work's technical publication, sort of a buying guide for users looking for a computer. Now, as I do this for work, I stay pretty up to date.
I love to write.
I feel like I should be able to combine the two into a saleable skill, but I honestly can't figure out where to start, how to start, etc.
In this business, is it typical to write first, then try to sell? Or more get hired as a writer, take assignments?
Content writing is fine, but I'm looking more for something concrete, where I can let my knowledge of how to put together sentences, my experience with computers - in particular, explaining complicated stuff in laymen's terms - and I am stuck.
I've read through the board quite a bit. I've dabbled, I've written a couple articles for a security Ezine that is since defunct, but I wrote, then sold the article. It paid allright for the work, about 50 bucks an article which to me is worth a 2-3 hour investment.
Anyway - is there a person out there who can offer advice on how to turn what I think is a marketable skill into a saleable product?
I wrote for awhile for my work's technical publication, sort of a buying guide for users looking for a computer. Now, as I do this for work, I stay pretty up to date.
I love to write.
I feel like I should be able to combine the two into a saleable skill, but I honestly can't figure out where to start, how to start, etc.
In this business, is it typical to write first, then try to sell? Or more get hired as a writer, take assignments?
Content writing is fine, but I'm looking more for something concrete, where I can let my knowledge of how to put together sentences, my experience with computers - in particular, explaining complicated stuff in laymen's terms - and I am stuck.
I've read through the board quite a bit. I've dabbled, I've written a couple articles for a security Ezine that is since defunct, but I wrote, then sold the article. It paid allright for the work, about 50 bucks an article which to me is worth a 2-3 hour investment.
Anyway - is there a person out there who can offer advice on how to turn what I think is a marketable skill into a saleable product?