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Writers are an important part of the business community. A copy writers' words pave the way for all other advertising and marketing efforts. Technical writers can re-write a complicated manual in plain English. And let's not forget all of the other writers, that write blogs, articles, TV shows, and more.

Writing, if you enjoy it, can be a great and exciting career. For all writers, the dream of making it in the big time is always there. Having that best selling book, being famous, every one knowing your name, it all sounds very alluring.

That is why new writers want to become writers, they are usually only seeing the glamorous side of writing. That is until they begin to try to sell their writing, and realize that sometimes, it's much harder than it looks.

However, there is hope for the new, here after known as "newbie" writers. There are a few ways for them to have their writing noticed, and more importantly, start earning them money.

A Few Things To Know

First, newbies have a couple of decisions to make. Will they be part time writers, or are they writing as a full time career? It is strongly suggest that newbies have a second income while beginning as a writer. They aren't guaranteed to be making very much just starting out.

Another question to answer, is what type of experience can come from as newbies' background? It is much easier to write about a subject that you are familiar with, than it is to write about something you know nothing about.

For example, if a writer has worked as a preschool teacher, they would naturally have an easier time writing about children, preschools, preschool games, etc.., than they would about say, the features of a new television.

The third item a newbie needs to know, is how to write a decent article. An enticing hook, a few strong paragraphs, and a great conclusion, is what is needed if newbies want to earn any money. Articles should be at least 400-500 words, and written on a program like OpenOffice, not Microsoft Publisher.

Now that all of that is understood, let's move forward.

Article Submission Sites
One of the fastest and easiest ways to get a newbie's writing on line, is to visit article submission sites. Two of the best are Helium.com, and Associated Content.com. Both of these sites will pay you for your articles, poems, and even song lyrics. Let's take a look at them individually.
Helium is a site that readers, publishers and other writers can visit and read. The good thing about publishers reading a newbies articles, is that

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