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Make Money Writing Online: 5 Skills To Make You Dangerously Profitable As A Writer

It isn’t just about your writing “skill.”

Nicolas Cole
6 min readJan 25, 2025

To make money writing online, you don’t need to be a “better” writer.

Most ghostwriters who aren’t earning the amount of money they want believe their bottleneck is their writing ability.

This means they end up:

  • Reading more books on writing.
  • Dropping another $750 on a writing course.
  • Dedicating more time to improving their craft (at the expense of learning other, non-writing skills).

Now, you have to be somewhat competent as a writer to charge for your work.

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But if you think getting better and better at writing will mean people will pay you more and more, then I’ve got a rude awakening for you. Because to make more money as a ghostwriter is not just about improving as a writer.

It’s all the other skills that surround the writing that make your clients feel valued, heard, and comfortable which turn you into a…

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Nicolas Cole
Nicolas Cole

Written by Nicolas Cole

100M+ Views | 5x Author | Co-founder of Ship 30 for 30 | Want to start writing online? Get the Ultimate Guide: https://startwritingonline.com

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