If you’re looking for some quick but simple and easy ways to boost your article writing quality and production, here are five keys that can help to dramatically increase your article writing production. Try these tips and techniques out for yourself and you’ll soon see a difference in your article writing output.
1. Write Early in the Day
For my own writing, I find that the earlier in the day I start writing, the better and more productive I am. It’s well documented that many successful professional writers get an early start with their writing. Many begin as early as 5:00 to 6:00 am with almost all already at work by 8:00 am. An early morning writing time allows your freshly-rested mind to jump-start your writing day. Writers write and they write every day whenever possible. If you write at home with few privacy options, then early morning writing sessions may well get you up and at it before the hustle and bustle of the family’s day. Try moving your writing time up to an earlier time of the day and you’ll soon see your creativity and production begin to increase.
2. Write in a Distraction-Free Environment
Even though noted author J.K. Rowling once wrote in a public coffee shop your best approach is to mimic other professional writers who deliberately seek out isolation. It is said that prolific horror genre author Stephen King writes in a lonely loft of his isolated home, for days, sometimes weeks at a time of pure isolation. Why not try using this technique to spearhead your writing efforts. Who can produce tight, in-depth, authoritative prose of any type with the phones ringing, people chattering and puttering all about you and all other manners of continual distraction around? My writing space is in a private room on a different floor of the house with no phone or other family members about. Find a tranquil place to write and your efforts will instantly be rewarded. You can just bet that the continuing saga of Harry Potter and friends is no longer being created in a public coffee shop.
3. Write Drafts in Two or More Sessions
Despite some of the article marketing “gurus” who advocate “writing” an article in fifteen minutes or less up to half an hour or so straight through, to produce the best work, in-depth articles should be spread out over two or more writing sessions to allow for more depth, creativity and richness. Having a fresh mind when you begin a writing session offers you the broadest range of expressiveness and insight. Especially with longer articles of 600 or 800 words to a thousand words or more, writing your draft over two or three days, where possible, will permit your subconscious to kick in adding greatly to your writing quality. Try this for yourself and see the results in your articles firsthand.
4. Write and Research at Separate Times
Again, going against some of the advice of the article marketing “gurus” may well net you better results with your article writing production. How? By doing article topic, facts and quote research in sessions apart from your draft writing sessions you can quickly boost your article writing productivity. Your article topic research sessions can easily serve as a basis for several articles on a topic or related theme. Research once, then use the information over and over again. If you research online, you can easily top-up needed information on two, three or more topics easily in a single research session. Save key information in folders related to your writing topic. Then, when you’re ready to write or rewrite an article or even a series of articles, a bank of topic-related information is there at your finger tips.
5. Write in Research, Links and Proof-Read Last
“Perfectionism” can stifle or kill even the most prolific authors if it’s allowed to get the upper hand. Avoid the urge to go back and rewrite or “improve” your article drafts while doing the initial writing. Instead, finish your article draft, then in a separate session, when possible, go back in and edit, rewrite inserting your researched quotes, facts, statistics, anecdotes and other information. A final writing session will comprise the editing of the near-finished article. It is here that your final polishing of the article will occur. By saving this until last, you’ll avoid going over and over a paragraph continually repeating your efforts to “get it right” on the first try, the bane of almost all professional writers.
1. Write Early in the Day
For my own writing, I find that the earlier in the day I start writing, the better and more productive I am. It’s well documented that many successful professional writers get an early start with their writing. Many begin as early as 5:00 to 6:00 am with almost all already at work by 8:00 am. An early morning writing time allows your freshly-rested mind to jump-start your writing day. Writers write and they write every day whenever possible. If you write at home with few privacy options, then early morning writing sessions may well get you up and at it before the hustle and bustle of the family’s day. Try moving your writing time up to an earlier time of the day and you’ll soon see your creativity and production begin to increase.
2. Write in a Distraction-Free Environment
Even though noted author J.K. Rowling once wrote in a public coffee shop your best approach is to mimic other professional writers who deliberately seek out isolation. It is said that prolific horror genre author Stephen King writes in a lonely loft of his isolated home, for days, sometimes weeks at a time of pure isolation. Why not try using this technique to spearhead your writing efforts. Who can produce tight, in-depth, authoritative prose of any type with the phones ringing, people chattering and puttering all about you and all other manners of continual distraction around? My writing space is in a private room on a different floor of the house with no phone or other family members about. Find a tranquil place to write and your efforts will instantly be rewarded. You can just bet that the continuing saga of Harry Potter and friends is no longer being created in a public coffee shop.
3. Write Drafts in Two or More Sessions
Despite some of the article marketing “gurus” who advocate “writing” an article in fifteen minutes or less up to half an hour or so straight through, to produce the best work, in-depth articles should be spread out over two or more writing sessions to allow for more depth, creativity and richness. Having a fresh mind when you begin a writing session offers you the broadest range of expressiveness and insight. Especially with longer articles of 600 or 800 words to a thousand words or more, writing your draft over two or three days, where possible, will permit your subconscious to kick in adding greatly to your writing quality. Try this for yourself and see the results in your articles firsthand.
4. Write and Research at Separate Times
Again, going against some of the advice of the article marketing “gurus” may well net you better results with your article writing production. How? By doing article topic, facts and quote research in sessions apart from your draft writing sessions you can quickly boost your article writing productivity. Your article topic research sessions can easily serve as a basis for several articles on a topic or related theme. Research once, then use the information over and over again. If you research online, you can easily top-up needed information on two, three or more topics easily in a single research session. Save key information in folders related to your writing topic. Then, when you’re ready to write or rewrite an article or even a series of articles, a bank of topic-related information is there at your finger tips.
5. Write in Research, Links and Proof-Read Last
“Perfectionism” can stifle or kill even the most prolific authors if it’s allowed to get the upper hand. Avoid the urge to go back and rewrite or “improve” your article drafts while doing the initial writing. Instead, finish your article draft, then in a separate session, when possible, go back in and edit, rewrite inserting your researched quotes, facts, statistics, anecdotes and other information. A final writing session will comprise the editing of the near-finished article. It is here that your final polishing of the article will occur. By saving this until last, you’ll avoid going over and over a paragraph continually repeating your efforts to “get it right” on the first try, the bane of almost all professional writers.
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