by Carmel Brulez

Created on: October 07, 2009   Last Updated: October 13, 2009

There are many advantages to using Helium over other writing sites.

* It has a friendly welcoming community. You can make friends, swap opinions, receive or give constructive criticism or praise to fellow writers. These are people who understand. Even the very well established writers on Helium are helpful.

* It is a very well laid out site, very well thought out, easy to navigate and very user friendly. Everything is explained from start to finish in a very thorough way. You can ask questions if you still do not understand. At the click of a button you can see a list of all of the articles you have written, their ratings and your earnings. If you are unsure about anything turn to the Help section where every aspect of the site is thoroughly explained.

* You get paid what you are worth. If you are a great writer you get paid well. You are competing against a lot of people and have to prove yourself. If you succeed and rise above the others you feel a great sense of achievement. If you fail you can learn from your mistakes and keep trying until you get your formula right. Because you have so much high quality competition you need to be good to succeed. This gives you a tremendous sense of satisfaction if you do. If you fail you can study your colleagues' articles and get to learn where you are going wrong. By writing for Helium and reading and comparing the other articles you learn how to be a good writer. It is a bit like doing a home study writing course on your computer whilst earning money.

* If you choose to compete in the MARKETPLACE and write a MARKETPLACE article and it gets selected you will see your words in print in a newspaper, magazine or website, and get paid for your time, knowledge and skill.

* There are great competitions which give you to chance to shine, boost your confidence and earn more.

* There are assignments, these constantly change and offer a huge choice of subjects.

* You can ask an experienced mentor to help you and guide you on a one to one basis through emails. Your mentor has a lot of experience of using this site and writing and is the ideal person to help you. They can help you to analyse where you are going wrong with your writing or use the site itself.

* You can choose from thousands of subjects and titles, get paid if you fill an empty slot and suggest titles of your own. The number of articles you write are limitless. If you have knowledge on any subject and the imagination to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) you

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