Selling Short Stories For Money

SUESMITH_2

every magazine has its own guidelines as to what they want, if you ask they will send you a copy, but and this is a huge but, the market is very competitive and its very poorly paid for the effort you put in.

are you part of a writers/writing group? if not, join one and get feedback on your work which will be a great help - other peoples eyes pick up things you will miss

luckylouise08

Thank you everyone, what wonderful advice and feedback. I have come a long way since joining 2 creative writing courses and I want to continue writing. My goals at the moment are to make a bit of money publishing short stories. I have heard of amazon submissions too, I may consider that route. If I get anything published I shall have to let you all know I then want to go on to publish at least one book (totally different type of writing). I will keep trying till I succeed in some way.

ch-ch-changes

luckylouise08 wrote: »

Thank you everyone, what wonderful advice and feedback.

From me too!

I have been creative writing for some time, so I was really interested in seeing a way it might be possible to earn a little money from it - I need to check out theses magaines first to see what kind of work they like to publish though (I'll have to ask on Freecycle if anyone has back issues!)

breadlinebetty

How about blogging? Any money in that?

Aegean

Hey guys, I have subscribed to this thread because it's got some really great tips! Thanks

I thought you might be interested in this website filled with writer's resources. I stumbled across it some time ago when I needed some writers guidelines for a particular publication: http://www.jbwb.co.uk/

I'm a freelancer, and this sort of thing really helps me. Don't even try to send articles that don't fit with their style requirements as they will be spiked more or less immediately - however the good thing is that if you stick within their needs they are far more likely to give you the go-ahead. Good luck

**Juice**

What about entering writing competitions? Quite often there are prizes for short stories, our local writing group emails round competitions taking place so might be worth you seeking out a local group?

Em_Leic

Can I just say a massive thank you to everyone who has posted and sent links. This has really helped me too. I found all the information really helpful and hopefully can start making some extra money from these ideas and hints.