Is there a place where people are looking for writers?

I don't think that's necessarily true at all. Just because you're a new writer doesn't mean you're a bad writer...Not in the least. In fact, I'd say for most people who actually *want* to write for money, you'd have to probably enjoy writing and be halfway decent at it.

Of course, this excludes crappy ESL writers (Not at all saying that every ESL writer is crappy).

Plus, Constant Content isn't at all the only place to start aside from iWriter, and to say you wouldn't be able to earn a penny on Constant Content is probably not quite true. Obviously I know you're exaggerating, but what I'm saying is that on iWriter you don't start out making much more than pennies, so why not work your way up on a site where the most you can make per article is more than $8?

With a WFH thread you can charge as much as you want. It's a simple process...Even a site like Text Broker, oDesk or any other site will pay more starting out if you have any writing skills at all and a nickel's worth of luck.

The only problem with this is that from a buyer's point of view, one of the main perks of using iWriter is that you're allowed to deny payment to the writer if you don't like the article, no questions asked, and many of them DO expect 'works of art'. There are no set rules for what constitutes a denial of payment, it's entirely up to the buyer's discretion. So, yeah you will likely be able to survive, but if you had any joy in writing before, just wait until you don't get paid for your work.

I mean, I get the draw of iWriter...There's lots of work available and you do get paid something, generally, for what you write. But to say that it's the best or most profitable place to start, hands down, for a writer without clients isn't true at all.

If you're a halfway decent writer at all, you can do much better than 'dirt cheap'. Yes, even starting out with no clients.

Kindly,
- Stephen

Or they could start with better websites and bypass sites like iwriter altogether.

Seriously. It's like playing the slots... will my $2 article get rejected? red or black, red or black...?

There are TONS of other content mills like the resources listed in this post that don't pay great, but at least you are pretty much guaranteed to get paid unless your work really blows.