by Dawn Hawkins

Created on: May 19, 2009

Writing often takes the back seat to other things that we see as more important. If you really want to make time for writing, there is a way no matter how busy your life is. It takes a bit of determination and sometimes a great deal of effort to get those words written down. Take heart, you can still write for Helium even when you don't have a lot of extra time.

Here is a guide to help you organize your writing time:

Set Goals

The first thing that you have to do with any venture is to decide what you really want out of it. If you want to use writing as a hobby, that's great. If you are more serious about wanting to earn a living at it, that is possible as well. Whatever it is you want to do, you have to decide now what that is.

Make A Plan

It all depends on your goals as to how you plan out your writing. The idea is to decide how much you want out of it and then figure out what you need to do to reach that goal. Make the goals realistic so that you can stick with them. If you make them unreachable, you will get frustrated and give up when it doesn't happen the way you want it to. Each person will vary depending on the goal.

If you want to make sure that you make twenty dollars a day minimum writing for Helium, you will need to do the following: Number of articles needed X Amount of Upfront payments you will receive.

Here is how I calculate mine: I need to make a minimum of $430 a month to pay my bills. In order to achieve this goal for certain, I have to write a certain amount of articles each of the five days I am able to write. I have five writing stars, which means that I make $2.50 per article that I write to eligible channels. In order to guarantee that I will make enough money for that month, I have to write 172 articles per month. (Amount needed divided by the amount per article). Once I have determined the total amount of articles I need per day simply to pay the bills I have, I can break it down.

My general rule of thumb is to use five days a week times four weeks in a month. That gives me twenty days to write 172 articles. By dividing 172 articles by 20 days, the total amount of articles comes out to be 8.6 articles per day. That doesn't sound as bad as the original 172 articles per month, does it. (Personal goal, work from home.)

Choose Titles

Depending on what your goal is, you will want to choose titles that will help you reach them. If your goal is money related, choose from titles

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