This article on the 10 (no, 11… yes, 11) tips for aspiring authors is not composed from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or information manager. Rather it is by and from the point of view of an author who thinks the early misgivings. It is written particularly for the starting article writer. I have written and submitted hundreds of articles for publication to numerous of article directories and information managers and still finds article writing my nemesis.
1. Necessity vs Desire:
Compositions and Blogs are essential in present day scheme of indexing by search engines. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just think what the Holy Book says, “there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man”. This is absolutely right! All of us detest article and blogging at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many a webmaster would call them “a essential evil” as they are not generally anyone’s best liked house keeping tasks.
2. Just Start, It Gets Better:
First it is sometimes hard to get an idea or theme and to get started. We know writers who actually get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. There are a lot to write about, name it: alternative medicine, cancer diseases, true religion, life insurance, playing online poker, cheap insurance. Others may think of even more unusual topics such as penis enlargement and cheap viagra. Once an author has a starting point and gets passed the initial thoughts, article and blog writing usually goes pretty smoothly.
The essential thing is that you get started. Select a theme you know something about and just start. You will be enjoyably at just how easily ideas flow. Don’t think everyone knows what you know. They don’t. Will Rogers once uttered, “all men are ignorant, just on different subjects”. And this is a fact!
3. Good vs Perfection:
Your old English teacher is not looking over your shoulder. Your composition need not to be perfect. It doesn’t mean it should not get a point or to say that it does not have to be correct. At least it does or it should be. But, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, seldom possible. Too much detail and you run the risk of losing your reader on several levels. Too long and
most readers simply don’t have the time or interest to read the material regardless of how good it is.
4. Blog Length vs Length of Article:
Most web publishers require a minimum of 600 words per article - some will let you slide with 400 words. Blogs can have a shorter content. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate images and embedded links.
Just don’t over do it. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a host who can ban you from their publications. articles, then again, typically cannot carry these extra touches concurring to the prerequisites of most article publishers.
5. Format:
Save your article in ASCII format. There are a lot of software from which to choose to get the job done. A search for ‘free ASCII editor’ or for ‘free plain text editors’ will provide one with a multitude of free options. WordPress is a popular option. If all fails Notepad is enough for you to use.
6. Grammar and Spelling:
Once you have your article or blog run it through a good spell checker and a good grammar checker. Microsoft Word has a built-in tool for this. Just don’t use the MS Word copy for publication of your article. Rather use its corrections to make any necessary rectifications to your copy in plain text. The MS Word copy will work for blogs although other editors are favored.
Just like the days when you were pushed by teachers, you will findarticle writing and blog writing skills become better with time and practice.
7. Publish and Announce:
Once your blog is ready you may want to use some software to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog servers and select those which best suit your needs. Join one or more and publish your blog there. Then search for blog and RSS announcers and utilize them to get your blog known.
Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your writings to free publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of servers in an hour or so. The only way to go.
8. Forbearance:
Now, have some forbearance. Here is where you lose control. Many of those who host compositions are timely and your articles will be reviewed within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours. But, many others will be days and weeks down the road therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.
9. Rejection - “sorry your article has been declined”:
Be prepared for most directories to reject your articles. Do not be personal about this. It usually has little to do with you or your article.
Some sites routinely reject articles for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some directories are simply too slow-moving and get so far behind, the easiest and quickest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject the whole article. You will know who does this over time.
There are also people who review your articles through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, regardless of their usage, your article are instantly junked. These are those who can’t even publish the Holy Bible because of the words it contains that may offend readers. These are people who are narrow-minded and doesn’t deserve a place in article writing.
Remember the rule: In every rule, there is an exemption.
10. Always believe, and keep cranking out articles:
Since most writers, particularly starters, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your articles are accepted and published driving visitors to your website while producing those all important links to your sites.
It is not necessary that every host to accept every submission. After one or two servers publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize additional postings of the same article. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won’t. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not step-up your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more significant to get your article published by servers with the highest Google page rank possible.
Now, one EXTRA TIP for you: Along with “the rejection slip” will usually come a proposition on how to “fix” your article and a asking that you resubmit it. Don’t blow your time. While trying comply with one database manager’s request you could have composed a new one where you can get more exposure. There will be enough web publishers will choose your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.
Everybody has an idea or thought at least once a day usually at the most inconvenient time. How many of these ideas are lost because you procrastinate? Don’t procrastinate! Go! Write that thought before it is gone forever.
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