I sort of have similar/indirect experience. I worked from home as a freelance editor for several years, almost entirely on Upwork. I edited blog posts instead of writing them, but I spent a lot of time in the Upwork forums and got a lot of information from the writers, and I've researched the industry because I wanted to write instead of edit.
I don't think there exists a work-from-home article writing job that isn't a freelance or contract (temporary) position, unless you are something like a journalist employed by a news outlet. Anybody can write general-knowledge articles, so you would face lots of competition from other writers.
You wouldn't necessarily have to spend all your time looking for work as a freelance writer (several of the successful Upwork freelance writers consistently had people finding them through search and offering them jobs), but the topic you want to write about is not in demand, so you probably would have trouble finding work. If you are knowledgeable about any specialized subject, you'd have a better chance getting work writing on that subject, but you'd still have to do work to build up your reputation and find your first clients.
You could try writing articles for your own blog and monetizing the blog through advertising or selling something related to your content, but that too takes time to bring in money because you have to build up an audience to view the ads/buy your products/etc.
17 Oct 2020, 6:59 am
