That’s a question most of us will ask ourselves at some point, but it was brought to my attention very sharply today when I was asked to write 70 articles by next Monday to help someone out.
I did accept, and I am now furiously working my way through as many as I can today to try and get a good start on it. One of the things I hate about doing larger batches of work like this is getting off to a slow start; if I can get my teeth into it as quickly as possible then it helps to propel me through the rest of the work.
I’ve noticed though that I can generally write faster the more I have to do – it’s sheer panic kicking in that does the trick! The one thing I am a stickler for is hitting deadlines. I think that’s one of the most important things about any kind of writing if you want to become known as someone to go to when you need something done. If you don’t take deadlines seriously enough then no on will take you seriously enough to send you any real amounts of work.
So if I’m not blogging very much over the next few days, you will know why… but I will update you on how I’m doing as the days go on!
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So how do you speed up your writing?
I am trying to get started at this new trade of writing for blogs and web content. It seems my Education niche, intellectual bent is my most natural venue, but a 500 word article in 15 minutes is insanely unnatural.
The niche helps, in that I can draw on my general understandings of the Educational processes. But even so, getting to source information, retrieving it and spinning it into an article in 15 short minutes is insane. The trick it seems is in the source presentation. Wikipedia is generally too informatic and technical, condensed and overly packed with detail. Ezine is definitely better.
Once passed the source information, I am at a loss presently with how to spin the gathered research information quickly into an article. How do I develop some standard template? I am at a loss of vocabulary and creating interesting sentences.
Any ideas in spinning the info quickly into an article?
gilles
I think we all find our own way of writing efficiently, but it does come with practice. I used to plan articles on paper – the bare bones of them – initially, but I find I don’t need to do that now. You may find it useful as a way of gathering your thoughts. Try not to focus on a ‘standard template’ as such – think about the topic in hand and how you can best approach it.
Writing is a skill that is honed over time. The more you practice, the better you will get! Good luck.