A lot of people want to work from home. If you did a bit more research you would find that working from home is not all that impossible. There are many work from home opportunities. You could do online marketing from home, or you could make money writing fiction from home.

Writing is not all that difficult to get into. You have to remember though, that there are many things you will need to know in order to write a good story. This is why many successful writers say that they went through some sort of writing course or have some sort of writing degree.

Writing fiction is a very creative process, so having a background with a tertiary education is not needed. There are many writers that have not gone for a tertiary education in writing, and you can too. If you find that you have a real knack for writing, then by all means go right ahead and start jotting down a few ideas.

This is where many writers do not get accepted by publishers. The layout and formatting of the document must be correct. You should do a lot of research as far as this is concerned to make sure that you do it properly and that your work is accepted the first time.

The next thing you have to think about is who you want to write for. Do you want to target children, teenagers or adults and to what degree do you want to write fiction from a complex point of view, such as maybe a crime scene investigation novel would involve.

Do you prefer writing romance novels, murder mysteries, science fiction, children's stories, theater plays, movie scripts, magazine editorials, and in what genre? This is the next thing you must decide on before you start looking for a career in writing fiction. You don't have to just choose one either - keep your options open.