| Most writers dream of writing that big novel, and | | | | rounds to every contest, with one round every |
| while many fictions writers may never see their | | | | two weeks. Each round represents one chapter in |
| book gracing the shelves of the local book store, | | | | a story they specify, the prize for each chapter is |
| they can make a bit of dough writing fiction online. | | | | $100 except for the final round which is $200. |
| If the goal of your writing is to make a living, and | | | | Of course you can self publish your stories |
| you cannot stand writing web copy then it is time | | | | through a number of sites online like LuLu and |
| to look for ways to write your fiction online for | | | | there are a number of sites online that will sell |
| money. | | | | your self-published book for you. |
| Most aspiring fiction writers write their novels in | | | | Another option is publish your short stories or |
| their spare time, and spend their days doing | | | | novels in eBook form, using a program such as |
| copywriting, ghostwriting and blog writing to keep | | | | Adobe Acrobat, then sell them through your |
| a roof over their head and food in their | | | | website or through Clickbank. If you choose this |
| refrigerator. Their goal is eventually to write fiction | | | | option you could even include a chapter for free |
| fulltime but this takes time, sometimes years and | | | | on your website to get people hooked and then |
| in the meantime everybody has to eat! | | | | ask them to purchase your eBook to get the |
| In comes Story Mash, billed as the future of | | | | rest. |
| collaborative fiction, Story Mash pays you, the | | | | Finally you can publish your short stories on your |
| writer for your nonfiction stories. You can create | | | | personal website and use advertising to create |
| new stories or contribute chapters to existing | | | | your revenue, this does mean you will need to do |
| stories and once you publish them Story Mash | | | | a lot of marketing to get people to your website |
| pays you a percentage of the advertising | | | | to read but if your writing is really good that |
| revenue earned by your chapter. The Percentage | | | | should not be a problem. |
| starts at 50% and can go up from there | | | | Fiction writing does not have to be a dead end or |
| depending on how much you have written and | | | | a seemingly endless journey, with a bit of |
| how popular it is. | | | | creative thought and effort you can turn your |
| Story Mash also runs contests; there are five | | | | fiction writing into dough online. |