There are dozens of sites on the Internet that are willing to pay you to write articles. The best way to uncover these sites, in my experiences, are to do a thorough online search for "get paid to write" and also join up with some work from home forums.

Forums are a great way to find out who's looking for freelance articles, how much different companies are willing to pay, what they are looking for and which companies to avoid. Through forums such as WAHM.com, and many others sprinkled across the world wide web, you will make strong freelance connections with legit individuals and companies that are willing to give you a chance to show what you are made of.

Online searches really are only going to help you with ideas of the type of companies that will hire you and open up an avenue to uncover some good work from home resources such as forums and blogs related to home based work.

Once you have a list of potential companies you need to research their individual style preferences as some want technical and SEO articles while others are looking for personal stories and perspectives. Also, outside of expectations, you need to get familiar with article length. Most companies, on average, are looking for 500 word articles but you will run across some that expect 200 or even 1000 words.

Here are a couple of starter sites you can look into:

Daily Article

Associated Content

Helium

eHow - This is a revenue sharing site, so you write a short how to ... and you get paid off of the clicks your articles generate. This site is actually a lot of fun and I would recommend trying it out until the creative juices get flowing and you get more comfortable with writing.