How do you write about something you have no idea about?
In your writing career, you might be given difficult topics that you never heard of before.
Imagine having been a pro in writing about animals, suddenly you are given a topic about construction, surely you will be scared after all this is not your expertise.
This is a challenge for you, but you can overcome this by using the following steps.
Look through the article directories for more ideas.
Ezine Articles and Go Articles are good source of information to dig in and gain everything you need to know. Read up some of the articles and begin your own piece of article based on what you understand. It is not difficult at all.
Check out some free E-books on the internet.
If you can’t find what you need at the article directories, you can always look for free ebooks. There are many sources to get free ebooks on the internet for different topics. Of course the best part is they are all free of charge so you can get as many ebooks as you need.
Practice as often as possible.
This is not easy but if you have been writing often, surely you realise that the more you practice the better you can write and sometimes you don’t even need to refer to any other reference, as you can write an article based on your knowledge.
Most of the time, writing can be much easier, especially if you know where to source for information you need for your topic. Take your time when you write and never rush just to finish the work quickly so that you don’t end up with a piece of garbage.
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I surely could have used this a year ago. When I first started blogengage I was very new to blogging in general. I started my SEO Marketing blog with no experience and an article like this would have benefitted me a lot.
The only thing I don’t like is the e-books so much of the content is pad ad spaces and not even good information. There is good ones but they are hard to find.
can you recommend a good resource besides this site where i could find how to structure an article the proper way? like how to make the copy compelling and keep the reader interested?
SirNicolaus
ps how long have you been writing?
pss I have heard from some writers that writing is a habit. like doing it 10 minutes everyday with no breaks to develop your writing skills is this something you agree on?
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July 3, 2009 at 7:22 am | Permalink |
Hi, thanks for your comment. There are way too many sites available for you to learn more about writing. You can check out http://www.writingconsultation.com/50-blogs-on-fr… for more info as these blogs offer great tips and ideas.
I have been writing seriously for more than a year now. Yes, writing 10 minutes a day to develop writing skills is a great idea but I spend many hours writing non-stop. It is different for different writers. 10 minutes is a good start though.
I would say that ezinearticles and goarticles are poor sources of information. I’ve worked within SEO and article marketing in previous jobs and a lot of the content is inaccurate, factually at least.
Back in the day some of the writers were definitely experts, but these days there are a lot of agencies and MFA site owners writing content that they know very little about.