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Yes, if you love what you are doing passionately and genuinely want to get on with it. There are many reasons why a writer should follow her/his dream and bog away.

1. The Internet presents a golden opportunity to express yourself in unprecedented ways without the editorial straitjacket of someone else's idea of what you should write or even how you should write it. You also have an instant global audience, especially one which is likely to be interested in your subject matter and specific expertise. An audience which is guaranteed to grow as they get used to your subject, bookmark your page and pass on your items to others.

2. There are thousands of ezines hungry for content which will help to give you valuable publicity in the early days when the money will be tight but there are also paying sites like Constant Content, Helium and Associated Content that can slowly build the income while you hone your craft and take advantage of every writing opportunity. Don't worry about the quality of that content at the beginning. It will certainly improve as you grow in experience and confidence. There are enough successful, expert writers around to inspire you.

3. For those more technology savvy, building your own website, which is then stuffed full of your articles and with paying Google Adsense to support them, is the best move because the more traffic you have coming to that website to click your adverts, the more money you're certainly going to make - and it will be all yours. You can even sell the articles individually once you have written a few and built up a catalogue.

4. Writing is an ideal way to share your knowledge, build your reputation and improve your writing skills all at the same time. By concentrating on your writing, you will increase your market, your revenue and your potential much quicker than trying to do it from the sidelines. It will take some hard work, but so does everything worthwhile in life.

5. There is nothing to beat the glow of satisfaction when you see that first stream of money coming in to reward that effort. Nothing at all!

Personal success
I feel highly qualified to write this article today because in late January I joined Helium with great expectations. But I laughed out loudly in some derision when I saw the first 2 cents earned by my articles 7 days later, especially as we deal in pounds in Britain, which are currently worth twice the dollars. I promised myself not to leave my day job in a hurry to get my cents. I worked out that, at

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