A Writer On Writing: Listverse
Sally Jenkins tells of a way to earn $100.
We all know that magazines love articles with numbers in the title, for example 5 Easy Ways to Lose Weight or 10 Things to Do in Paris.
Listverse is a website with a similar penchant for numbered lists. It publishes lists of 10 linked items, each article must have a minimum word count of 1000. The site pays $100 by PayPal for each list published. http://listverse.com/
The lists can be about absolutely anything and range from general knowledge and current affairs to the totally bizarre. Some of the titles I spotted were:
10 Modern-Day Exorcisms
10 Sets of People Who Were Switched at Birth
10 Craziest Things Done by Philosophers
10 Brutal North Korean Secrets
10 Fascinating Facts About Bears
The site is split into the following sections:
Bizarre
Entertainment
General Knowledge
Lifestyle
Science
Society
There is such a wide remit here that Im sure I must be able to think of something to write and send in but my mind has gone a total blank except for that To Do list waiting for me on the kitchen work top!
If youre more inspired than me the full submission guidelines for Listverse are here. http://listverse.com/write-get-paid/
