For a blogger with a large number of daily posts, or a large number of other commitments apart from blogging, the ability to churn out a high number of quality posts in as little time as possible is a priority.
How can that be achieved?
Is the skill of fast writing learnable?
Resounding YES to both questions!
Since I have always been a writer, it did not occur to me just how difficult this issue was for most persons who were experimenting with blogging for the first time.
Some of my guests have asked just how I go about writing my articles that I can consistently write at least an article for each of my blogs each day.
Recognizing that turnover rate is quite important for a writer online, here is my “How to Write Articles Fast” guide:
1) Do Your Research
How To Do It Wrong
Some persons jump into writing and then in the middle of their writing, they realize they do not have their facts straight, and would run off to do some more research. That is a great way to waste precious time.
How I Do It Right
Before writing a blog post, I make sure I have my search engines open. My favourite search engines are Google and Bing.
As my understanding of the subject matter gets clearer, I put bulleted points down which are supposed to be sub-sections of my post.
2) Write The Post
How to Do It Wrong
Doing research while writing wastes your time. As I pointed out above, before you start the writing process, make sure that you have completed your research. When you start writing, just write.
How To Do It Right
Allow your ideas to flow. This is not the time to start pruning your thoughts and cutting off huge sentences. No. Write and write and put your thoughts down. They key here is speed. Later on in step 4, you will have the opportunity to do the edit on your post. Separating the two processes.
3) Add Some Images
How to Do It Wrong
Sometimes the temptation to lift images from the website you used for your research may get very strong. Why this is always a bad idea is both for human and SEO reasons.
If you use the same image on your blog post as is found on the material you used for research, you can possibly raise google’s duplicate content flag, especially if the content of the two articles are similar.
How I Do It Right
To make my post as uniques as it can be, I use images that have rarely been used in exactly the same context. That calls for creativity and looking at things with a fresh eye.
For my image searches, I use Bing search engine and select the image tab. That way images that correspond to my search query are displayed.
Most times, however, I make my own special images for my post. For instance, if I were working on a post like “How to Write Keyword-rich Articles” instead of searching for an image of a search screen on google, I just capture a screenshot my Google search screen.
4) Edit Your Post
As I pointed out earlier, some make the mistake of doing their editing as they write their blog post. The biggest problem that results from this is that you lose momentum and stand the risk of getting off your creative tangent.
How I Do It Right
When you are writing, write. After the blog post has been completed, you can now get into the editing stage. Here you will go over all that you have written and make sure there are no errors that can embarrass you.
5) Add The Post Title
How Some Do It
Writing the post title sometimes maybe tricky. What is the best way of doing it? Some write the title of their blog post before the start their research, while others come up with their blog title after they have finished working on a post.
Is one way right and the other wrong? Not really, since what works for you may not for me.
How I Do It Right
I have realized that writing my post title before I start work on the post directs and confines my thoughts to the limits of the post.
So while I have listed this step last, It is the first step I take in writing a new blog post, and over time, it has proven to work well for me.