I am not a native english speaker

Well hello there sir! I am also not an English native speaker but I do generally write articles and reviews if I'm asked to do it. Still I do try my best to always present a reasonable English. Maybe you should really try to improve your English first, and then do reviews mate!

But improving will take too much time and then also I will not be perfect as native one .So , no one is going to buy my articles.

I wouldn't if I were you, if your target market wants professional quality articles. I wouldn't hire someone with poor English skills to write my articles.

Unfortunately, "making people understand things from your writing" isn't good enough.

One way or another, directly or indirectly, the only realistic, long-term ways to make money from writing articles are by making the readers of the articles want to read "more of the same." This is so whether you're monetizing your own articles, or selling them.

I apologize for sounding disparaging, but making a living online is difficult. Trying to do it by writing articles in your second language (unless you're pretty fluent in it) is really putting yourself under a huge and unnecessary handicap. I would look for another way.

I'm afraid that many people will probably tell you the opposite of what I'm saying. You'll have to decide for yourself which people you want to believe. Just be aware that in the "$5-$10 articles" marketplace, there are nearly as many service-providers as customers, and there are reasons for that.

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I am from Nepal but I am studying my degree in Bangalore India Now. It will be completed with in 1.5 year of time duration.

The best thing I know is C programming but I don't have any idea of earning from the basic of c programming that I learnt in my college. I know c and c ++ and will be learning java in my course next year.

I advice you to forget writing in English; you'll fail, you are competing with talented writers. Target your own country If I were you, in your own language ang country.

You don't need to write articles to make money. Use your brain, brain storm, think of an idea on how you can make money in your country.

If you're not up to the job, don't do it! I know that sounds harsh, but the online world can be a hard and unforgiving place - especially if you don't know what you're doing.

You say you know basic C programming, so if I were you I'd look for simple C programming jobs online. They won't pay a lot, but they will pay something - plus you'll be able to practice and improve your C skills. When you're proficient enough, you'll be able to write your own software and sell that online as a product.

I don't know the place where c program is sold or It is demanded. I can't create software just with the c. So, alternative of article is the same for me.again I will be left without earning money again.

There is no wall. There is no problem. There is no negative about anything. It´s all about the way you see things.

It seems to me you are stuck with thinking that english + articles is the only way to make money. You won´t. That´s being blunt, but honest.

And for whatever reason you might think that you are stuck with no ways of making money, you are only making it difficult for yourself. Instead of saying "I will be left without earning money again", tell yourself you ARE going to make money by doing something YOU have experience with or know. Simple as that.

There are no problems, only solutions. Tell yourself that, and start thinking about your qualities, your qualifications, what makes you, you? What can you do, to provide something of value to others? Do you know how to make a specific product, or have a certain skill that you can monetize? Internet marketing is hard, and all though there are plenty of opportunities to take advantage of - you will fail really, really hard if you are diving in head first knowing you can´t swim beforehand. If you are willing to learn by doing on the other hand..

If you still think you should dvelve into the realm of Internet marketing, then study. Literally study for hours and hours, each and every day like you were studying for a masters degree or a doctors degree. It takes even more than that to fully understand the potential and monetizing opportunities behind IM.

I could use articles written in Nepali language. I 'll send you a PM.

Why don't you write articles in your native language? Surely some people out there could have a use for it, and there's most likely very low competition. You could also try offering a translating service. Just some ideas.

Thank you everyone. I have not given us. I am still trying to do this at any cost. Thank you for inspiring me again.
I am trying my best to do this.

Half the article writing services on here use non-native English speakers to fulfill their orders. Unfortunately a lot of people don't really care about the quality of the content they put on their site. But I guess that's a good thing for you since it means you can probably get work.

I tried freelance writing in English when I started (Spanish native speaker) and I definitely don't recommend you do that. Then I translated from English into Spanish but, let me tell you, translating is way too time consuming and plain boring!

If you can't get gigs coding or programming give translation a try but only do it with topics you are already familiar with and only from a second language into your own language and NEVER the way around.

As you are from NEPAL, Your mother tongue may be hindi. at the same way all people around the globe, are not the only English country. Most English is the second language, by this second language, one can speak & wright properly. So you need to learn the language properly. Beside this you can start your writing. But low qualities articles does not approve by all. So you need to make prepare yourself. Thanks

With my experience in outsourcing article writing, I would say that if you are looking to begin in the content writing field start from scratch. What I mean by this is try out various freelance sites such as oDesk, Freelancer and Elance and bid on projects with a low pay. That's how I started out to get feedback. In fact, I began writing articles at US$1 each, then $5 each, and now I'm getting orders for up to $20 each article. The most I've earned per 500 words is about $35. Heck, some clients pay from $50 to $100 per article, but they usually have high demands for quality which is understandable.

As you get better at writing, and as you begin to better understand the English language and writing flow more thoroughly, you can drastically increase your earnings. For you, $1 to $2 per article may be a good pay. And there are a ton of clients that are hiring on freelance sites for that amount. Some are paying as low as $0.50 though.

You never know, within 1 month, or 3 months, you could be earning $5 per article or more. It's all about building experience and skill. Earning potential is only limited to our own beliefs.

It's all about working your way up the ladder; as you gain experience, knowledge and skill in a field, then the amount you earn tends to increase. If you really want to write, then it's up to you if you want to pursue your dreams. But you'll have to remember that most of us, such as myself, have to start from somewhere to get where we want to go.

It is not important where are you from? What is your country, but it is too much important how much expert you are? One not native English speaker may gather knowledge to do good. So you may be expert from NEPAL to write a good article. So you need to learn the English language correctly. Thanks.

If you have office 2010, you can write your article there with your native languange, translate it with google, copy the google translate result back to office for spell checker..

Just a tips from me

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained". If you want it sooo bad, don't give up. You can achieve what you want if you're always ready to try and that's NATURE pal. There's no way around it. You've to work for it.

Keep on keeping on!

Cheers.

Pius

Thank you everyone .Today was my exam so I don't replied frequently.I am trying my best to do it and earn some bucks.

I am trying my best . I got one friend who want article to be converted to Nepali and Hindi language . How much should I charge for it per 100 words.

Why don't you try writing short reports? You can write a short report around 17-21 pages, and have someone from fiverr edit it for you. Research a topic, write it in your own words, and get it edited.
Then sell it, you could earn and learn at the same time!

Report about what and where I will sell those report.

Well you can really write about any niche that interest you, and the key is to research it, if its not a topic that you do not know a lot about. ( I was thinking of the internet marketing niche, but there are a lot of other niches that do well.) And why not sell it on the warrior forum?, or set up a website to sell it on.
By the way your english grammar is a lot better than some of the short reports I have bought from here!, but I really would suggest you have it edited by someone on Fiverr, or maybe someone at the university you are going to.

I am ready to write it. But I can't sell it because WF asks 20$ to post anything about selling and I don't have that. And in any other site I am a newbies ,so they will never buy from me.

Hey that's great you are ready to write it, When you are done, just list it on jvzoo. Do a search on the warrior forum for a free wso on short reports or ebooks, and also search the threads for info on JVZoo. I just did and there is some info there.
Good luck my friend!

Thank you les. I think I can write better on self development niche will it be fine.

Do you have graphic artist skills? Could you create avatars and images or logos for your customers? This won't require proper English skills and there might be a better market and certainly easier to complete this type of work. You will need good photo editing software for this type of job, but there are many free/cheap, good editors available for download online.

Well, if you can't write it well. I have two options for you.

1) Hire somebody to write it for you.
- easy as it sounds, you pick your topics and keywords
- then hire somebody else (native english speaker) from elance, iwriter etc
- pick writer that have high ratings

2) Hire somebody to proof read your article
- write your article (probably as a draft), do your proof read as detail as possible in your level.
- then hire someone to proof read the article,
- you can get it cheaper this way.

Extra note:
- there are some free proof read software out there such as ginger software, that lets you to auto-correct english mistakes.. however I don't have any experience using it..

Hope this helps a little bit..

Thank you afiq I am trying to do it.

Practice. Practice. Practice...

I'm not a native English speaker either

All it takes is consistent practice from your ends

Hope that helped?

Thanks, Dan

Some people don't care about quality they are just looking for content for their PBN and what not. So in that case you can write

For my most important products and articles I ordering editor gig on Fiverr.

I think you need to learn reading and writing skills as an authority blogging or a compelling sales articles cannot be loaded with grammar errors and difficult to understand. I'm not a native, too and I am joining a national course to learn english and practice everyday.

Yes,I have selected a topic and started writing let see what happens next.

you are right Michael . I got one friend who needs stuffs in my native Nepali language and he want to me to convert English articles and voice in Nepali . I have accepted it and working on it and side by side I am learning English too.

Here's why I don't recommend it: Native English speakers have a hard time getting decent rates for our articles - only with lots of experience and excellent writing skills can you get to the point where you can make a decent living doing writing. So if you wanted to write and then hire an editor, that's not a feasible business model - your editor will charge enough that your profit will be very low.

I would honestly recommend that you find a niche where English ability isn't going to be a barrier. I work with web designers, programmers, and graphic designers from all over the world and I love it! But I won't hire writers who aren't native English speakers, and depending on my client, I sometimes limit my writers to native AMERICAN English speakers (or Canadian, or Australian, or UK, depending on the client). Financially, you can make just as much (and sometimes more!) by working in a niche that doesn't demand native English skills, so why not do that?

If you're not a native it doesn't mean that you can't write well. you just need to invest some time in improving your writing. Try publishing articles on Ezine Articles, they are hard to impress and so your writing will improve a lot.
Watch some vedioes, and read books.

After a few months you'll see the difference. I am not a native either, and I struggled with english but now I think i do fine.

Oh God help me. All are giving different suggestions . one says to learn hard and the other to choose other sector.

What should I do.

Many of us have this problem. Try to learn but don't be obsessed by that..

Practice. Practice. Practice and Of course you should!

As I know both sides, I'd like to share my thoughts and experiences, too.

1. The wirter's side:
I'm a native German content writer with > 20 years of experience as a journalist, book author and writer. Most of my income is built on German articles, as this is my mother tongue. Sb else here pointed out already what this means. In the past I tried to write English articles, but I did stop this for several reasons. Though I do speak English, my English is not good enough for high quality articles, especially if it comes to certain niches and topics. If you don't know the correct terms and expressions, your articles will be rather poor (besides, I did learn British English at school, but meanwhile mix it up with AE due to my online businesses). You won't get paid much for such articles, if at all. If you write in your mother tongue first and then start translating, it wouldn't also result in a HQ article, because you would translate word by word but lack the specific something that makes an article by a native writer. And it's the worst advice here to translate using Google. I do a lot of such translations, and the results aren't really readable. It gives you an idea of the article, and you might use some sentences. But you will have to rewrite a lot. Just an example: Google often omits words and therefore changes the meanings (at least what I saw when translating from English to German). I'm also on Freelancer.com which some months ago has started partnering with WF. Truth is: There are lots of jobs and lots of appliers, experienced ones as well as freshers. Rates have become very bad. Besides FL takes at least 10 percent from each earning, so if you have a job to write 10 articles, you'll write one for the FL system. If it's a small job (some bucks), they even charge a lot more than the 10 percent. It's maybe good to start, but I wouldn't (and don't) only go this way.

2. The content buyer's side
I write most of my content my own. I saw lots of articles from native German writers. Most of these articles were full of grammar and spelling errors and even bad researched (as I know my niches, e.g. in the health niche, I know what's state of the art, what's outdated and what's evergreen myth). So really, if I look into Freelancers and see people from Pakistan or India or somewhere else applying for jobs that are offered for native Germans -- what could such foreigners really pretend to deliver? On the other side, I don't mind buying a report or a video course from people who don't speak English like a native. Because I just need the information, not a perfect show. So I really appreciate communicating in one common language.

So, to shorten it up and summarize, what others here already told you: Don't waste your time and money writing articles in English. If you'd like to start writing reports (obviously you did quite start), do it. Else look for jobs concerning your mother tongue. This market might be smaller, but you're already in it and know how it works. Look what your people needs (content, research, help on Wordpress, SEO, Video, Online Marketing ...). If you have sth. that sb needs, he will pay for it.

HTH -- good luck & much success ;-)

Learn to write copy - it will help you in a lot of ways!

If you want to make money through writing articles then your english must have to be very fluent, amazing and impressive. Otherwise, it will create a good impression on people.

You can write article for money. If the article is not good for money site, it can use for tier-1 backlink. Nothing is impossible.

With determination and devotion , you can make it . I assured you , what matters is not always your grammatical structure but the message to be pass across . You have my word . You can make it . I will like to partner with you . Love you

Thanks ybholy ya I too want to be friend of yours. we can talk further in message.

In that conditions you may not get good rate for your writting.
so, i would not suggest it.
But, if you are truly passionate about it, you can go for it. after couple months or years, you can make your own authority blog.

Before going , i suggest to do more research.

You could hire someone to proof read your articles, as said above I've also seen non-native English speakers do well. You can also learn from the changes made to your writing to help yourself improve your own writing in the long run.

I am not a native English speaker but I started my online life as an article writer and I earned pretty well. But if you are afraid for grammatical errors then do some study and practice. Try to read the articles on other's site.

If you get good $$ for your articles, you can send your articles for proof-reading. Your articles will be top quality, you will be making money, get reputation and learn from natives how to write properly.

Even if you're a native,I suggest paying an expert to write your article.For 5 bucks on Fiverr you can hire an expert to write your 400 word article.It'll maximize your results dramatically.

If I were you I would outsource it...

I would try to find work in your native language if at all possible.

Don't think writing is your best bet, maybe just hire a native english speaking VA (Virtual Assistant) to translate your articles.

Do whatever you can and outsource the final stages [like proof-readings]. Every day try to do more. Try to proof-read articles done by other people. That will push you forward marginally.

Please take some English classes while writing articles.