Get your short stories to readers

Section 2: Deciding if you want to be paid

Elaine L. Orr, It's fun to see your work published digitally or in a magazine. If writing is a hobby, payment may not be as important to you as to someone who derives most income from their craft or hopes to one day do so. Even if it's a hobby, it could help your bank account if your income covered the cost of going to a writers' conference each year.