Friday, May 18, 2007

Can You Write Two Articles a Night?

To hear some so called authorities in their articles, 'that's easy'. To write two articles a night you just... But the problem is that just happens to be what works for them and it is easy. But what works for you?

Many will tell you something like this: get the rough idea, come up with a title, write the introduction, jot down the basic points to cover, fill in the basic points and spell check and proof read it. On occasion they will suggest that you let it sit for a day or so before the final edit. Fine if you can stay two days ahead.

But this leaves out a few choice elements that we might call "how-to's". Like where did you get this rough idea? Did someone give you the title? How many basic points, how long are the paragraphs and how many do you use to fill in the basic points?

Where do you get a spell checker if you don't have one and what is a good way to proof read your rough draft of your article? And where on earth do you find the time to stay two days ahead so that you can just let it sit and then have a fresh look?

So many writers just tell you what to do and don't give you so much as a clue how to do it. Let's try this: Read other articles to get the rough idea. Come up with a title and search for it on google. If you don't find it, use it. Write your introduction last; it takes all of the pressure off of you to "color within the lines".

They left out the conclusion in their advice. Write one, last, right after you write the introduction so that they match. Use your main keyword in both.

Now it is just a matter of the basic ideas and filling them in. These can be 3, 5, or how ever many you want. Do one or two paragraphs for each main point with 3 or 4 sentences each. Let this depend on the desired length of your article.

Why the title of this article? Why one for your site, and one for the directories of course. Link bait, a place for your resource box, and a page to send them to for a redirect to the affiliate site. Now you're cooking!

Find a online spell checker on the web. That's one of the things that Google can be good for. Or forums, or groups. Please note that this article has no introduction or conclusion written for it.

You could consider this a rough draft and see just how easy it is to write the introduction and conclusion now that the article is done. As opposed to writing the intro first and having to write the article to fit it. Prior to this sentence, this article had 475 words.

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