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You Don’t Need 10,000 Followers to Make Money Writing
You do not need an audience to get paid. Ten people who need something written beats ten thousand followers who do not.
Paul Wakefield · 1 September 2026 · 12 min read
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You Don’t Need to Be a Great Writer to Make Money Writing
Clear beats clever. The writers who get paid are the ones who make things easy to understand, not the ones with the finest prose.
Paul Wakefield · 31 August 2026 · 11 min read
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How to make money writing (without becoming a novelist)
Most people who want to make money writing are looking in the wrong place. Here are the routes that actually pay — and what each one demands of you.
Paul Wakefield · 18 August 2026 · 9 min read
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Paul Wakefield · 11 August 2026 · 8 min read
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