# What are some good sites where you can make money by/get paid for writing stories online?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137 "2019-07-15T17:10:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mislav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137/1 "2019-07-15T17:10:55Z")

</div>

Preferrably genre fiction.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137/2 "2019-07-15T17:44:38Z")

</div>

There are plenty of e-magazines, but my impression is that they don’t pay very well and you still have to get your story accepted.  
So scribbling something and expecting to make money isn’t going to work.  
Nonfiction is easier if you are expert in a field and can write well.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137/3 "2019-07-15T17:50:24Z")

</div>

You can self-publish your books on Amazon:  
[https://kdp.amazon.com/en\_US/help/topic/G200635650](https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200635650)

Some people make good money doing this–but you need to promote the book.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137/4 "2019-07-15T18:28:10Z")

</div>

Which genre?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-sites-where-you-can-make-money-by-get-paid-for-writing-stories-online/837137/5 "2019-07-15T18:45:35Z")

</div>

Moved to Cafe Society.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator