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Web Writing: Learn To Write Articles Fast - Your Income Depends On It

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When you’re writing for the Web, articles are your bread and butter. You need a method to write articles quickly, because your buyers usually want to buy articles in packages of ten or more.

Start by familiarizing yourself with the various article types. Some of the most common are reviews, opinion pieces, tips, tutorials, and definition articles (the facts on a particular topic.)

There’s another category of articles, those based on keywords. With this article type, the purchaser will give you a list of keywords for which he wants you to write articles. This is perhaps the easiest type, because you’re free to write whatever you wish, as long as it makes sense and includes the keywords.

Researching Articles - How To Write About Anything

It’s easy to write articles on topics on which you have a background. It’s much less easy to write with authority on topics in which you have no background at all, however it is possible.

If you were writing for print, you’d need to do a lot of primary research - you would interview people in person, over the phone or via email. When you’re writing for the Web, unless the purchaser is paying print prices, you can rely on secondary sources. If you have no background in a topic at all, leave yourself a couple of hours to research the topic broadly. Use the Web search engines to get an overview of the topic. Visit news sites to get up to date on the topic.

Fast-Writing Tips: Write An Article In 20 Minutes Or Less

The ability to write quickly comes with practice. So don’t beat yourself up if your first article takes you two hours. You’ll become faster with each article you write. Eventually you’ll be able to write the first draft of an article of 400 to 500 words in around 20 minutes.

The key is not to spend too long thinking. For a short article you need an Introduction, the Main Body of the article, and a Conclusion. For generations of journalists, this has been boiled down to - “tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them.”

Your writing process starts with your working title. Keep this title in mind - write it on a sticky note and paste it on your monitor: “Top Five Weight Loss Diets”, “Should You Install Windows Vista?”, or “How To House-Train Your Puppy.” Your working title keeps you on track.

Now make a list of three points you want to cover in the article.

Write your introduction, mentioning the three points. Cover the three points. Wrap up the article’s conclusion by referring to your introduction. That’s it. You’re done.

Leave your first draft for a day if you can, to get some distance from it. If that’s not possible, leave it for an hour. When you come back, you can do a revision of the article. You may change it a little or a lot - that depends on the article. I tend to write long, so in my revision I trim excess sentences and words.

Over time, you’ll become very fast at writing articles, because your writing muscles will build over time. The ability to write articles on demand is a very valuable skill online. The more proficient you are, the more your Web writing income will rise.

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