How to Earn Money as an Academic Writer in 2022?

7 Ways to Earn Money as an Academic Writer

 

Are you a student looking for side hustle? Are you a professor looking for extra pay? Were you a bright student in your university life? Yes? Then, do read this article which has been written especially for you! 

You can earn extra money by becoming an Academic Writer

Now, you will be thinking about the job description of academic writing. Will be wondering how to become an academic writer. Let me clear all of your confusion and help you in landing into this online business. 

Who is an Academic Writer? 

In your student life, have you ever consulted Google for getting ideas about your assignments and presentations? 

Obviously Yes!

 We all need Google and online resources to excel in our assignments and presentations. Here, I'm not talking about plagiarizing others' content. Because it is illegal. We only consult Google for getting an idea, and then writing it in our own words. The content from which we have gotten the ideas is an Academic Writing, and the writer of it is an Academic Writer. 

Academic Writer is the one who writes educational content on which he/she has an expertise. He can write articles, educational resources, thesis or research papers, academic books or can prepare syllabus for a specific class. He can help in completing assignments of students, can answer their queries or can teach them about a specific issue. You can work with academic journals, and can write summaries and research papers for researchers who don't have writing skills or time. These are the main tasks or skills which an academic writer should have. 

If you can do any of these tasks, jump into the academic writing businesses. 

Misconception about Academic Writing:

Most people think that as an academic writer they have to ghost write a student's assignment or quiz, which the student will submit to his teacher, and will earn a grade. 

This is wrong! The money earned from it is illegal! It will not help you in your freelance journey! You can be terminated from freelance platforms if you will get caught doing such activities! 

As an academic writer, you don't have to write a student's assignment or his classroom project. This will never help you in developing your portfolio as your portfolio needs authentic samples. And you can't add someone's assignment as your project. Because rules of plagiarism will apply on such samples. 

Also,  you will never get any respect from a high paid client if he finds you involved in such activities. Also, you can get scammed easily. Students can take assignments from you, and never pay you by giving you the reason that they fail in that assignment or project. 

Such work has a lot of risks, it is illegal too so stay away from such activities. 

I have told you the real job description of an academic writer, so keep your focus on it. 

7 Ways to Earn Money as an Academic Writer:

So, how to earn money as an Academic Writer? I'm going to enlist 8 ways through which you can earn money. So, let's start. 

Make your blog:

In the Content Writing business, blogging is an essential element. So, in academic writing too, you can start your blog where you can write blogs about your topic or field. For example, you can make a blog of "Linguistics" or "Medical Science" or in whatever education field you are. In the blog, you can share your ideas, concepts and notes from which students can get ideas. When you will get traffic on your blog, you can monetize it and can earn money from your academic writing. 

Also, you can do guest blogging and affiliate marketing through your blog to earn money. 

Write Academic Books:

If you are a professor, you can write an Academic book based on your lectures and can sell it to your students.

You can also write an academic book and can sell it on Amazon or through your website. 

This book writing needs you to be an expert in your field, so professors can go for it.

Answering Students Questions:

You can also earn money by simply answering to student's questions. Yes! Just answer some questions and earn money. 

There are a lot of websites and platforms which are paying for answering student's queries. Some of the popular websites are: 

Chegg, Quora, Studypool, JustAnswer, Experts123 etc. 

You can find a lot of websites on Google like these, and you can be a part of them. 

Join Academic Freelancing Platforms:

There are a lot of academic freelance platforms which you can join and can earn money from it. These platforms will help you to grow your business, to earn money from high paying budgets, and to become an expert in your field. 

Some of the popular academic platforms are:

Writerslab.com, Essaywriters.net, Essaysharks.com etc. 

You can join them, and can kickstart your academic career. 

Starting your YouTube Channel:

You can make an Educational YouTube channel, and can monetize it to earn money. 

For it, you have to make the slides, have to add your voice over, and have to upload it. Also, you can drive traffic from YouTube to your blog which can help you in monetizing it. 

There are a lot of students who prefer YouTube videos to swiftly understand a concept. You can provide them with their desired material and can earn from it. 

Writing Academic Articles:

There are a lot of websites on which you can write articles related to your major, career paths, education issues etc and can earn money from it. 

Some of the websites are:

"Study.com", "Teachers & Writer's Magazines", "WomeninHigherEducation" etc. 

Writing Online Courses:

There are a lot of websites on which you can outline your own course, can make your slides and publish there. Whenever a student will enroll in your course, you will get profit. 

Udemy and many other websites are serving academic writers by publishing their courses, and giving profit to them. You can also become one. 

These are some of the ways through which you can earn money from Academic Writing. Do remember one thing! 

Academic Writing is not a piece of cake. A lot of struggle and patience is needed in it. You have to be an expert in your field and should have excellent writing skills. Develop your skills, invest your energy in your studies and notes, and keep on struggling. Ultimately, you will succeed.