Writing as a Business?

Writing can inspire, inform, educate and/or entertain.  Writing is a gift and you as the writer can transform lives, but is your writing a business?

Do you enjoy writing for fun, as a hobby, or do you aspire to build, grow, and thrive from the fruit of your labor? 

If you want the latter, then it is you understand the value of performing the steps needed to scale your writing.  After all writing touches virtually every aspect of our lives.

Think about it, the news, movies, or theater plays you watch; the emails or text messages you send; the songs you hear, even if you engage in calligraphy, which is the art of beautiful writing, our lives are touched by writing.

Writing as a business comes in the form of:

• Bloggers who earn money from ads, affiliate links, or online courses.
• Authors who earn money from book/ebook, online courses, events, or speaking engagements centered around his or her book topic.
• Freelance writers who earn money writing for others.
• Ghostwriters who earn money writing books for others.
• Editors and proofreaders who earn money helping writers prepare clean and well edited work.
• Calligraphers who make money selling beautifully handwritten work.
• And more!

Has God called you to use your writing as a ministry or business? 

​When writing as a business here's some advice:
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• Keep God in all your plans.
• Be clear on your audience and niche,
• Know your why.
• Create a business plan for your writing.
• Develop a budget for marketing, sales, software, supplies, equipment, taxes, and other costs.
• Create a marketing strategy.
• Network with other writers in your genre.
• Join online writing groups.
• Dedicate a place in your home to write.
• Take online courses or attend virtual or in person writing conferences.

Writing is a gift from God that is not limited geographically.  Become His Inkhorn and He will use your work to help transform lives.

Until next time.