Okay, it requires great writing skill to succeed in writing and secure your writing gig in any writing site. All you need to know before applying for position to write for any site is as follows;Right from childhood, I have always been passionate about writing, what sites can pay me to write for them?
You must be a good English speaker, because majority of writing sites endorses English as their preferred language.
Write exceptional
Your English grammar must be polished
Your spellings should also be polished, if you're not 100% in spelling. Try using grammarly to write, it will correct some errors in your work.
If you are good with all this listings, then you're good to go.
You can land your first gig via problogger and discover writing jobs there. Or visit http://cracked.com, http://copywriting.network, success.