If you have ever wondered if it was possible to make money writing short stories, the answer is yes, yes you can. Short fiction stories have always been popular, All you have to do is to complete the three following tasks and you are well on your way to getting your work out there so that you can get paid for your efforts.
# 1 – Get Those Stories Written
This might seem like a silly thing to say but there are a lot of people who like the idea of writing a book but they forget that they actually have to sit down and write something. If the ideas remain in your head and not down on paper, your short stories will not see the light of day.
It is now time to work out a schedule so that you can get busy crafting your ideas. You have the option of writing one short story that could consist of a minimum of around 10,000 – 20,000 words. Alternatively you can write a series of short stories, consisting of around 1,000 – 5,000 words each. Then you can create a nice collection.
The main thing is that you get busy writing so that you have your product finished and ready to offer to the public.
# 2 – Get Those Stories Published
Once you have finished writing your short story or stories, you will want to get them published. You can try and send your work to traditional publishers but that can be a very long and difficult process.
The great news is that now you can publish your stories yourself. One of the easiest ways to do this is to sign up to the Amazon KDP program. You register with the website, create an account and then upload your book. You have to make sure that this book is formatted correctly so that it looks like a proper book when people view it on their kindle readers, their iPads, their laptops or whatever electronic device they use for reading.
# 3 – Tell The World About Your Short Stories
Now that you have written your book and you have published it via the Amazon program, the next step is to let people know about the book's existence. There are so many books available so you have to do some work in order to stand out from the crowd.
There are several things you can do. You can tell your friends and family about your book by sending links using social media. Let them know by sharing the Amazon link to your book on Facebook, on Twitter and on Google +. If you have a Pinterest account or an Instagram account, you can upload images of your book cover and the links to those as well.
Do you have a website? If you do, you will want to write about your book there too. Share the whole process of what you wrote, how you wrote it and where people can go and buy it.
So now that you know that it is possible to make money writing short stories, you need to take action and get those stories written, published and promoted. Time to get busy. Good luck.