Hive as we all know is a decentralized platform aimed at awarding it's users in crypto currency called Hive
There are different ways one can earn in 
Some of them includes;
Original content creation: Creating orginal contents here includes stories that involves your everyday life, fictional stories made up by the author (not copied) and essay writing, just to mention a few.
Pictures taken by the author could also serve as an original content. Sourced images can also go provided that the content is original.
This way curators might find the post interesting and worth upvoting, thereby making the author earn a few dollars or hive.
There are various communities that harbours such contents. For it to be valid, the author can subscribe to the community and help grow the community.
Upvoting: With the way
The author receives the $30 dollars but when it's time for payout, half of the reward goes to the author while the other half goes back to the curator.
This is the same for all others that voted on that blog.
Joining a community trail: A community trail in my own understanding constitutes of a group of connected accounts which automatically upvoted its members posts.
This can't be reliable in the short run as most accounts at the starting point as members have little hive power to vote but in the long run it proves effective and members earn more each time a post is made.
