Words to Wealth!

1. Teach conversational English in a foreign country.
2. Buy and use a Writer's Market or Poet's Market.
3. Enter contests found on the internet...search writing or contests.
4. Enter Writers' Guild or other local contests.
5. Edit high school or college research papers for students.
6. Type or word process papers for students.
7. Attend conferences for writers where contests are held.
8. Tutor Language Arts for elementary or junior high students.
9. Offer creative writing classes during the summer.
10. Check out jobs with the newspaper and TV station.
11. Research new types of publishing now available.
12. Grade papers for teachers who want extra help.
13. Start a web site with a writing focus.
14. Write skits and jokes for retirements / parties.
15. Draw cartoons or create bumper stickers.
16. Design T-shirts or greeting cards.
17. Write letters for nursing home residents with arthritis.
18. Attend poetry readings to polish your own skills.
19. Apply for a grant that will enable you to write.
20. Take a writer's retreat for free far away.
21. Paint poems on rocks, pots, anything at craft sales.
22. Take a class in marketing (your writing.)
23. Create and market a word game.
24. Create and market crossword puzzle or word find books.
25. Buy a good book on how to make money writing!