I believe they are getting paid quit good, but seriously its a hard job. You cant just wake up in the morning and say I want to be a writer. I takes lots of thinking and must understand what the readers want to read! You have to know lots of viewpoints in order to be fair and not biased, despite the grammer and all of these things that a good writer needs. And who order such jobs now a day? people who make websites write their own contents( well most of them) So its really hard to find a job in this certain field even if its related to the Web industries. Even though I like writing and think is a good hobbie but I'm not good at it... and at this certain age, I doubt someone will look to hire people under at least 22( Please dont think me wrong, no offense taken I hope). Because most of those people who hire writiers look for experienced onces, like someone that has been practicing writing for at least 2 years, or college graduate because you read and write alot in college.. thats what I have seen though.. A good writer is someone who understands what the reader wants to read...... and ofcourse something new...