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Ways to make it pay

• Grant writing

  Writing funding applications for charities and arts groups. Uses the same skills and pays reliably.

• Ghostwriting

  Writing books for people with a story and no time. It pays better than your own novel will.

• Screen and audio

  Adapting your own work, or writing for television, podcasts and audio drama.

• Teaching

  Workshops, school residencies and college courses. Usually needs a published book.

• Translation

  Canada funds literary translation between English and French, and the work is steady.