Writing for Bright Hub

Recently, I started writing for Bright Hub on the Books channel. Bright Hub can seem initially somewhat confusing  to the prospective writer, as you have the options of applying to join a variety of different channels, which operate in different ways. A simplified way of understanding Bright Hub would be to see it as a combination of an upfront payment site like EHow and a self-publish, revenue-sharing community like Hub Pages or Suite 101.

Like EHow, Bright Hub editorial channels offer a $15 upfront payment for accepted articles. You do however have to work somewhat harder for your money - the minimum wordcount is  higher and you are not writing according to a pre-determined formula. This does mean however that writing for Bright Hub can be more enjoyable and stimulating. There are also requirements with regard to formatting the article and  improving SEO that seem initially fiddly and confusing, but, no doubt, become second nature, in time.

Articles written for the editorially managed channels are subject to detailed editing, before approval. There seems to be a much greater level of personal communication with editorial staff at Bright Hub, than with EHow, which does help to foster a feeling of greater professionalism as well as of being supported.

Articles are either picked by the writer from an approved list or you can suggest an article title to an editor to be approved (something I have yet to try). The self publish channels allow you to create your own article titles to write.

I actually got a lucky break, in that I applied and was accepted to the Books Channel when it was a self publish channel, only for it then to be taken over as an editorially managed channel,  offering me the chance to make some ready cash and thus the incentive to write!

Only the editorially managed channels attract upfront payments; the others just acrue revenue, in the manner of Hub Pages or Suite 101. A nice extra is that the editorially managed articles also yield revenue for the author, in addition to the upfront payment. This obviously makes sense from the point of view of the site, as it gives writers an incentive to actively promote their own articles on Facebook etc, whereas with EHow for example, there is no incentive to give your article another thought, once it has been successfully published.

So far, for Brighthub, I have written an article on critical responses to A Streetcar Named Desire, which actually constituted my introduction to that play, which I thought very powerful, dark and brilliant so I am glad I was thus prompted to not only read, but reflect on it. 

I've also written two interrelated articles on wise and sophisticated young adult (childrens?) novel Walk Two Moons.