This piece on the 10 (no, 11… yes, 11) tips for aspiring writers is not composed from the catbird seat point of view of the article publisher or database manager. It is rather by and from the perspective of an writer who thinks the early misgivings. It is written especially for the starting article author. I have composed and submitted hundreds of compositions for publication to numerous of article servers and information managers and still feels article writing my nemesis.

1. Necessity vs Desire:
Compositions and Web blogs are necessary in today’s system of indexing by search engines. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just think of what the Bible says, “there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man”. That’s right! Many of us hate article and blog writing 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 unavoidable evil” as they are not generally anyone’s best liked house keeping tasks.

2. Just Being Writing, It Gets Lighter:
First it is often hard to get a subject or theme and to get the first couple of lines scribbled down. We know authors 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 writer has a starting point and gets passed the first thoughts, article and blog writing usually works fairly smoothly.

The great thing is that you begin writing. Pick a theme you know something about and just start. You will be pleasantly stunned at just how easily ideas flow. Don’t take everyone knows what you know. They do not. Will Rogers once uttered, “all men are ignorant, just on different subjects”. And this is the truth!

3. Good vs Perfection:
Your old English teacher is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have 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. However, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, rarely possible. Too much detail and you run the danger of losing your reader on several levels. Too long and
most readers simply don’t have the time or interest to browse the whole material regardless of how important it is.

4. Length of Blog vs Article Length:
Most web publishers want a minimum of six hundred (600) words per article - some will let you slide with four hundred (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 publisher who can ban you from their publications. articles, then again, typically cannot carry these extra touches according to the essentials of most article publishers.

5. Format:
Prepare your article in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. There are a lot of software from which to choose to get the job done. A search the web for “free ASCII editor” will give you a lot of tools to choose from. WordPress is a favorite option. If all fails simply use notepad to turn out your masterpiece.

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 publishing of your article. Rather use its suggestions to make any unavoidable corrections to your copy in plain text. The MS Word copy will work for blogs although other editors are favored.

Like the good old days when you were pushed by teachers, you will findarticle writing and blog authoring skills become easier with time and practice.

7. Publish and Announce:
Once your article is ready you may want to utilize some software to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog hosts and select those which best suit your needs. Register in one or more and publish your blog there. Then search for blog announcers and RSS announcers and use them to get your blog noticed.

Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your articles to free article 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 hosts in an hour or so. The only way to go.

8. Patience:
Now, have some forbearance. Here is where you lose control. Many of those who host writings are timely and your compositions will be reviewed within 1 to 2 days. Others may take days and weeks therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.

9. Rejection - “sorry your article has been declined”:
Be prepared for most servers to reject your compositions. Do not be personal about this. It usually has something to do with your submission and with you as the author.

Some sites routinely reject compositions 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 hosts are simply too slow-moving and get so far behind, the best and quickest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject the whole article. You will know who does this over time.

Then there are those who run 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 writings:
Since most writers, especially 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 compositions are accepted and published driving visitors to your website while making those all significant back links.

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 you anyway by ignoring additional postings. 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 important to get published by directories with the highest Google PageRank possible.

Now, one EXTRA Hint for you: Along with “the rejection slip” will usually come a suggestion on how to “fix” your article and a asking that you resubmit it. Don’t waste your time. While trying comply with one database manager’s request you could have written a new one from which you get much more punch. There will be enough article publishers will pick your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.

Each person has a thought or idea at least once a day usually at the most ill-timed time. How many of these ideas are lost because you procrastinate? Don’t procrastinate! Go! Write that thought before disappears.

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