If you can get spread options trading permission (for E*Trade it's Options Level 3), then you can sell put spreads "like everyone else" here. For instance, with just under $10K, you can sell 2x $50 spreads or 1x $100 spread. However, if the stock price turns against you, you could lose the whole starting sum. So presumably, you'd want to pick low-risk trades.
Once you can sell enough spreads to accomulate an extra $5K in profits, if you're not taking the income out then you can sell one additional $50 spread the following week to increase your total income. Though, per the recent brief discussion, if you continue to use all your money to back spreads, you continue to put it all at risk each week, and you'll have all the more reason to seek low-risk trades.
You can go for Iron Condors or the like instead of plain put spreads for somewhat more profit, though as we just saw with this week's ~$100 movements in a day, there's risk of total loss on one side or the other, or even on both if not handled well.
Perhaps the place to start is to establish how much income you need from the initial investment. If you set a modest goal, you can choose pretty safe spreads. For instance, looking for $500 weekly income per $5000 backing will be pants-on-fire risky compared to looking for $100/wk per $5000 backing. Picking some high figure is necessarily undoable, but will likely require a lot more attention and involve a lot more heartburn to avoid losses that eat up your gains.