You Should be Writing for Money as a Main Goal

I've read multiple posts and articles saying writers should not write with money as a main goal  - why not? In the specific case of the Yahoo! Contributor Network, writing for money is the only way to stand out in a crowd. Companies like Yahoo! offer page view residuals so writers earn money every time a new reader visits the article. If no one visits the article then Yahoo! does not make money and you will not stand out of the crowd.

We are writers and we love to write by nature, but writing for clients is not the same as writing for our personal or business blogs. We collect followers from friends and professional acquaintances who watch and wait for our daily, weekly or monthly updates. Clients, on the other hand, want content that makes money.

It is a given that each writer will have different goals. My goal, for instance, is to make enough money to pay my bills on time and have enough left over to have a little fun once in a while and save a few dollars in the mean time. I have been hugely successful at meeting those goals, so now I am setting my goals higher. I want residual incomes to pay some of my bills so that is what I am working on at this given moment. That may change, but my main goal never changes. I write to make money. That is why I sit here everyday and pound the keyboard. If you are writing for something other than money, you may find you are left behind when the final cuts are made.