Where I can get high prices for my writings ?

Exactly Gail. It shouldn't even be a "step one" type deal, really. It should be a subconscious thing that automatically happens. When it isn't, a potential client is going to have warning flags popping up before even analyzing what you are actually saying.

Now I think I should be clear in stating that the occasional mistake will happen. You can look through my posts and find them. I (and others in this thread) are not saying that you need to be perfect. What we are saying though is that it is pretty easy to see the difference between mistakes that happen to accidentally be missed and mistakes that are created because of sloppy uncaring effort on the writer's part.

High quality articles would get high ratings.

No, I apologize, Annie. I was being way too touchy. I've deleted my posts.

(By the way, I still don't know what mistake I made in the post you commented. Would you be kind enough to tell me so, so I can learn? I ran it through WhiteSmoke first... and it told rated my text 9 out of 10 - very good. So much for software ;-) Well, I guess that's why I pay a proofreader to go through my articles and eBooks.)

It probably offended you because it wasn't blind ego boosting praise. I hate to break it to you; but she is right. In the English language at least you aren't there as a writer yet. It takes more than being able to just type in the language. Even $.01 per word buyers want the stuff to make sense.

The way you just wrote that, with enough commas to make me read it in the voice of Christopher Walken, is not what "readers care for." The only reason it grabs their attention is because it is just flat out incorrect. This doesn't lead to a sale, it makes you a novelty to ponder for a second before clicking away to a real writer's website.

You kinda missed my point. As a writer on a forum that you would look to be hired from, saying "**** it" to the English language all the time is not the best idea.

I agree with Tina 100%. I looked at your website and, I'm sorry, but you'd be surprised at how many readers will stop reading and quickly move onto another site because of the poor quality of your writing. Poor quality writing can quickly damage credibility.

Regardless of what you assume "readers care for", it's your potential clients' opinions that matter. If you want to charge decent rates you will need to improve the quality of your writing signficantly. Like others, I am not trying to be harsh or hurtful in any way. But, I would say your current level of writing will keep you in the $3 (maybe $5) per 500-word article range. And, as someone pointed out earlier in the thread, at that rate you will constantly be chasing down new clients.

Writing is not for everyone. It pains me every time I see people who are looking to make money being told to "go write articles". It's no wonder there's a plethora of bad content clogging up the Internet. Writing is a skill that needs to be learned and honed, just like any other skill. The ability to string together words into reasonably coherent sentences does not a writer make. Nor does doing "research" by skimming Wikipedia.

I truly wish you the best if you choose to continue writing. But as others have pointed out, you have a lot of work to do if you want to command decent rates.

One other thing... Tina and several other people in this thread have generously taken their time to give you excellent advice and constructive feedback. If you want to improve (in any area in life), you MUST be willing to set aside your pride and listen to constructive feedback.

You should see my posting on other forums (again, why the hell is it not fori!!!) :p

Look. What you are doing here is displaying your writing talents. If you cannot be bothered to spend that extra second writing capital letters, or if you are not going to break up your sentences into usable chunks, then no-one will want to hire you. I have problems with my writing, everyone does. Personally, I have a habit of writing ",and", which isn't good. So I check for it.

So pay attention to your writing. Without correct grammar, a paragraph like that becomes unreadable. I had to go back to it. It doesn't matter if the author is saying something incredible if the writer clicks away due to a sentence like your second. The first thing you need to get right is readability. Yes, your article needs to be unique and have a soul and a voice, but it firstly needs to be readable. If Joe Bloggs (sorry, Americans, John Doe) comes and reads an article that will change his life, and he reads something similar to what you just wrote, he wont change his life, and he wont click through. If it includes some semblance of grammatical thought, then he will read it, gain a crazy amount of value and click through.

And the essence of the internet is that when someone wants to hire you, they can search for you. Warrior Forum is pretty popular, and your posts here will be easily accessible. You need your whole internet presence to promote your work.