Some Ways To Make Blog Writing Faster And Better
Blogging has become a way in which many people have found they can make a living. Some sell things online and others get paid to write blog posts and articles for others. Still other bloggers do both. They work on their own website and blog in their spare time and make a living blogging as their day job.
If you’re writing blog posts for a living, you’re going to have to do a lot of writing to make any money at it. You may find yourself writing up to a hundred articles a week. If you’re stuck for ideas, you’re going to have a hard time making your quotas!
Sometimes, you have to write multiple articles on one subject. This is good in one way, because it cuts down on your research time. If you get an assignment to write about something you don’t know anything about - scrapbooking papers, for example - you will have to spend as much as an hour researching the subject. That’s a lot of wasted time for one article, but not much at all for a series of ten or twenty.
If you’re given a technical assignment and they only want a single article, turn it down if it doesn’t negatively impact your job. If you have to spend three hours reading about the inner mechanism of a digital sport watch and then get paid for only 500 words, your hourly rate won’t amount to much. If all you have to do is write about how good the watch looks, though, that’s easy.
Some writers actually prefer technical articles because they require lots of facts. They can’t think of what to write when they’re asked to write about a black helmet as a fashion statement as opposed to a white helmet. Who cares? It’s a matter of preference. How can you be expected to write 500 words about a personal preference?
If you’re a technical writer, try to write a few non-technical articles. Turn off that part of your brain that tells you you’ve got to get the facts and let your feelings flow. White helmets are for chicks, black for bikers. That’s probably not universally true, but if it’s your angle, go for it! Aesthetics are always subjective, so your article won’t be rejected.
If you’re a creative writer by nature, all you need are a few facts in your blog articles. You can fill in the blanks with creative fluff. You’re not expected to be writing an authoritative textbook, just a light and informative blog article. Keep blogging fun and you will find yourself writing faster and better naturally.
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