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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Writers

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In order to write quality content, you need to be an effective writer. However, that is not the case for every writer. That’s why writing quality content is appreciated the way it is. Writing quality content is a challenging process. After completing the challenge, writing quality content becomes much easier. By exhibiting all 7 of these habits, you will become an effective writer.

  1. Write often. Practice, practice, practice. As you keep on writing, you learn new things along the way. You get to see what went good and what went bad. Soon, you will have more things that go good than bad. By writing often, writing will become easier. You may be able to go from writing 200 words per day to writing 2,000 words per day. The more you write, the easier it gets.
  2. Be motivated through tough times. There are going to be many moments in the beginning when there are numerous mistakes in your writing. Writing blog posts every day is different from writing the weekly essay at school. Quality blog posts require good insight and quality content at the same time. In a weekly essay at school, the minimum word count is where most people stop. For a blog, there is no minimum which extends the boundaries. You need the motivation to write often, get better at writing, and ultimately become an effective writer.
  3. Be an active reader. By becoming an active reader, you will be exposed to numerous writing styles. These writing styles can have an impact on how you write your content. In addition, you can get ideas for your next blog post by reading a few pages in a book. By reading more books, you will expose yourself to more vocabulary words which will add more flavor to your writing. Just be sure to avoid using big SAT words that the average person does not know the definition of.
  4. Don’t focus on the money. When some people think of writing, they think of their book becoming a bestseller, their blog making $100,000 a day, and speaking at events related to the book they wrote. That does not happen overnight, and the people who do focus on the money will not be able to get the second habit which is being motivated through tough times.
  5. Write in a way people want to read. The giant block of text is something that no one wants to read. Instead of writing a giant block of text, break that giant block of text into small, bite-size blocks of text. Although some people would define these are 5-8 sentence paragraphs, some of the small, bite-size blocks of text are less than that.
  6. Get to the point. Why are you writing? You need to be clear what your book or blog post is going to be about within the first paragraph. If someone continues reading a book without knowing what it is about, that book will become confusing. Quickly tell people what the point of your writing is, and do not use any fluff.
  7. Support the point you can make. I could say that aliens invaded Earth. However, I would not be able to support that point very far. There are no UFO’s or intergalactic civilizations in touch with Earth. I could say that Abraham Lincoln was an effective president. However, that’s just a fact. Effective writers ask the “why” question and then answer their own question. Abraham Lincoln was an effective president because he reunited a nation torn in Civil War.

Those are the 7 habits of highly effective writers. Do you any other habits you would like to add to the list? Please share your thoughts and insights below.

 

5 Ways To Make Writing Fun

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There are points when writing becomes more of a chore than fun. It takes longer for paragraphs to form. It’s easier to lose thought than to form sentences. However, there are certain ways to make writing more fun so you stay in place. In order to make writing more fun, follow these 5 tips:

  1. Write about what you are passionate about. This is the big one. If you have to write about something you don’t like to begin with, having fun while writing is very unlikely. Writing about something you are passionate about is the easiest way to have more fun while writing.
  2. Give yourself a time limit. We all work better under time pressure, but if you can write something within a certain amount of time, you will give yourself a certain goal to strive for. This will make you a faster writer and give you extra motivation to write (you don’t want to be in the middle of a paragraph when time expires).
  3. Calculate the amount of words you can type per minute. There are many websites that give you paragraphs and have timers. As you write what you see, you will be able to identify the number of words you can write within a minute. By doing this often, you will be able to see progress, and pursuing this progress will make writing more fun.
  4. Write often. In order to have fun at something, you need to do it often. By writing often, you will grow accustomed to many writing techniques and end up wanting to write more content than ever before.
  5. Find people who reward you for writing. Popular guest blogs will add traffic to your own blog if your guest post gets approved. E-lance writers get paid for every article they complete. By finding people who will reward you for your content, you will have an extra incentive to write more content. As the rewards accumulate, writing will also become more fun.

Those are the 5 ways to make writing more fun. Whether you are a student completing an essay or a blogger who writes countless blog posts, it is important to always have fun writing. By having fun writing, you will be able to get more written in a shorter amount of time.

 

Does The Length Of A Blog Post Matter?

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One of the big questions of blogging is whether the length of a blog post matters or not. Do longer blog posts necessarily equate to more shares and subscribers? The answer is no. That does not mean a long blog post is going to result in less shares and subscribers either.

The length of a blog post does not matter. The amount of time it takes to make your point does matter. Some blog posts are less than 50 words long because that’s how long it took for the writer to make his point. Some blog posts are over 1,000 words long because that’s how long the writer needs to make his point.

In addition to making a point, blog posts should also reinforce that point with examples or more information. “More information” can range from a few sentences to a few paragraphs. Examples can range from one example to over 10 examples.

Going back to the question, the length of a blog post does not matter. What your targeted readers get out of your blog post is what matters. If a targeted reader understands the point you are trying to make, then you did a good job.

 

One Simple Tip To Come Up With More Things To Write About

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One of the problems many bloggers face is writer’s block. I have talked about combatting writer’s block before, but I recently stumbled across a simple way to come up with more things to write about.

A big mistake a lot of bloggers make is to simply think of an idea, and start writing about that idea as soon as they think about it. For the first time ever, I was able to write and schedule 10 blog posts on the same day. I did not do this by thinking of an idea and writing about it as soon as possible.

What I did instead was think of an idea, write the title for that blog post, and then tried to think of another idea. I ended up thinking of 10 different ideas for blog posts. Instead of rushing into writing one of my blog posts, I thought of 10 different ideas first. Then, I wrote all 10 of those blog posts in 1 day.

In order to think of more things to write about, you can’t simply think of one idea and write about it. You need to think of multiple ideas first and then write about those ideas one at a time. By following this method, you will be able to find more things to write about so you have less encounters with writer’s block.