How to Write Articles in Quantity
2007-03-18 09:00 AM | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | writing
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It is quite feasible to write over 100 articles per month. If you can write good quality articles with this kind of productivity it will have a tremendous benefit for your websites. Some people may feel 100 articles a month is unachievable but there are various ways to make such a goal a real practicality.
Tips for Increasing Article Volume
- Article Length. The most popular articles on the internet are those that are short and easy to read. A good article length is between 300-700 words. If you are writing much more than 600 words you are spending more time and people may be actually less likely to read them.
- Write in lists and bullet points. Writing in lists really helps writing. The reason is you are focused on one point at a time. It creates greater clarity and simplicity in your writing. To write about the “benefits of writing” may sound daunting; but if you have a title “top 7 tips for writing on the internet” you have a clear focus to find and write about 7 ideas. Another benefit is that readers enjoy reading top 7 tips. It makes the article easy to scan and skim read.
- Write sets of articles. Suppose you would like to have a section about Thomas Jefferson on your website. To write about Jefferson is quite daunting; he achieved so much that there is an endless amount of reading you could do before you even start writing. I would suggest start off with writing short articles about certain aspects of Jefferson’s life. For example you could write articles like “Religious beliefs of Jefferson”, “Jefferson’s contribution to US constitution” e.t.c. After you have written several short essays about Jefferson’s life now is the best time to write an overall biography. You have learnt about Jefferson and already have several articles. If you start off with writing a long biography you will spend hours researching and have only 1 article to show.
- Don't repeat titles Note on writing sets of articles don’t use the same title with part 1, part 2. It is better to have a unique article title for each article. E.g don’t have several articles “about Jefferson part 1” “about Jefferson part 2”
- Write on What you know Best. To write a good article and check for errors usually takes about 30 mins. However if you know all about the subject already you may find that you can write an article in 15-20 mins. It is research that takes time.
- Switch off Internet. Internet is a distraction, if you start writing and then break off to find quotes e.t.c you will get drawn away from writing. Do a little reading of your subject and then write your article unaided. Articles should always be 100% your own work. When you have written the article you could always go back and find quotes later.
- Find time to write. It is easy to spend 30 mins each day checking email and your web statistics several times, if we spend that time writing articles we will have something more concrete to show for our time.
- Find different topics to write about. If I had to write 100 articles a month on meditation I would struggle. Therefore I concentrate on several different topics; cycling, poetry, film reviews, mortgages, economics , spirituality and self-improvement. There is a saying, change is as good as rest. By writing on different topics you create greater variety and interest.
- Try New Angles of Writing Try to put a different slant on old titles. There is so much writing on the internet it is good to try and be different. For example you could combine 2 subjects to write an article like the “economics of cycling”. However you do need to find topics that you know enough to write about.
- Writing is like speaking. We all find it easy to speak on topics. Writing is just an extension of speaking. Imagine somebody asked a question like “What are the benefits of blogging?” How would you respond verbally? Just try to write your verbal statements down.
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