The key to making a great income online is writing articles. Would you like four great strategies to help you to make more money and to enjoy writing more?
Firstly, here’s a tip. Your ability to write anything, including articles, increases with practice. You need to train yourself to think in a certain way. If it takes you six hours to write your first article, realize that you’ll get faster. Before too long you’ll be writing an article in half an hour.
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Here are your article writing strategies.
1. Commit to Writing X Number of Articles on a Topic
Your success depends on planning. It’s always easier to write several articles on a topic than it is to write one, because you’re warmed up to the topic.
If a topic is new to me, I like to research the topic on one day, plan the articles a day or so later, and then write the articles.
If I’m familiar with the topic, I prepare by doing mind maps to jolt myself out of a rut; it helps me to start thinking intensively on the topic. A day later, I plan the articles, and then write the articles on the day after that.
Do you see how this works? By the time you get around to writing, you’re not cold on the topic — you’re hot, because you’ve prepared, and when you’re prepared, your writing is fast.
2. Ask Yourself Why You’re Writing to Boost Your Motivation
You’ll write more quickly when you’re motivated.
Have you got bills to pay? Are you saving for a new car or an overseas vacation? Make a list of the benefits of increasing your income, and think about the benefits. Keep the list in front of you when you’re writing.
3. Plan Your Articles to Save Time
I coach writers, so I know that many writers complain that planning takes too long.
Does it? Conduct a test. Time yourself, and write five articles without planning.
Then, time yourself again, and plan five articles on a different topic — choose a different topic, because first five articles have warmed you up on that topic. Time yourself again, as you write second batch of articles.
You’ll find that planning before writing makes the writing flow more easily, improves the quality of the articles, AND is faster too.
4. Pre-Write Before You Write
“Pre-writing” is creating mind maps, lists, or mind maps before you start writing. It can also include journaling. It’s a way of warming yourself up.
Pre-writing is an excellent strategy if you feel completely bored with a topic, or are nervous about writing on a particular topic. You’ll be amazed at how much easier it is to write when you’ve done some pre-writing first.
So there you have some article writing strategies you can use today.
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