Article Writing Tips - Get Out of Your Cave
I don't care how talented a writer you are.
You can't keep writing quality material if you live in a cave.
The world is changing at speeds that you can't even comprehend.
And the Internet changes faster than anything else on Earth.
What was hot and new yesterday is old news today.
So, if you want to stay on the cutting edge of the information highway, you have to keep up with what's going on.
Otherwise, your writing is going to become stale and boring.
Nobody is going to want to read about yesterday's news...
especially when it's so old that it's no longer relevant.
Okay, so how do we do this? How do we keep up with what's going on? Is there a place to go? Well, there are several places to go.
One of them is a site called Google Trends.
Each hour...
yes, each HOUR...
this site is updated with the latest info that people are interested in getting.
You can't even begin to imagine how quickly trends change.
For example, as I am writing this, last night was the Oscars and the trends today are all people looking to find out about things that happened at the awards ceremony.
This alone should give you plenty to write about.
So Google Trends is a great place to start.
What about just going to a news site like CNN? There is always something going on in the news.
These days, the hot talk is about Obama and the economy.
Certainly you can find enough to write about in those areas.
I mean for crying out loud, we have our first African American President of the US.
This is news...
BIG news.
And the economy? Do you think it's going to get better any time soon? Certainly you've got opinions on this mess.
You could write enough opinion pieces on the economy to fill up a library alone.
How about just opening up the newspaper if you're really lazy? I mean after all, it DOES get delivered right to your home, correct? So look and see what the latest news is.
Heck, just read the front page.
That alone should give you plenty to write about.
And I haven't even gotten into going to authority sites like WebMD to find the latest medical stuff or Entertainment Weekly to find out the latest entertainment stuff.
There is NO excuse not to know what's going on in the world.
So get out there, learn something, and write about it.
It's NOT hard.
To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim
You can't keep writing quality material if you live in a cave.
The world is changing at speeds that you can't even comprehend.
And the Internet changes faster than anything else on Earth.
What was hot and new yesterday is old news today.
So, if you want to stay on the cutting edge of the information highway, you have to keep up with what's going on.
Otherwise, your writing is going to become stale and boring.
Nobody is going to want to read about yesterday's news...
especially when it's so old that it's no longer relevant.
Okay, so how do we do this? How do we keep up with what's going on? Is there a place to go? Well, there are several places to go.
One of them is a site called Google Trends.
Each hour...
yes, each HOUR...
this site is updated with the latest info that people are interested in getting.
You can't even begin to imagine how quickly trends change.
For example, as I am writing this, last night was the Oscars and the trends today are all people looking to find out about things that happened at the awards ceremony.
This alone should give you plenty to write about.
So Google Trends is a great place to start.
What about just going to a news site like CNN? There is always something going on in the news.
These days, the hot talk is about Obama and the economy.
Certainly you can find enough to write about in those areas.
I mean for crying out loud, we have our first African American President of the US.
This is news...
BIG news.
And the economy? Do you think it's going to get better any time soon? Certainly you've got opinions on this mess.
You could write enough opinion pieces on the economy to fill up a library alone.
How about just opening up the newspaper if you're really lazy? I mean after all, it DOES get delivered right to your home, correct? So look and see what the latest news is.
Heck, just read the front page.
That alone should give you plenty to write about.
And I haven't even gotten into going to authority sites like WebMD to find the latest medical stuff or Entertainment Weekly to find out the latest entertainment stuff.
There is NO excuse not to know what's going on in the world.
So get out there, learn something, and write about it.
It's NOT hard.
To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim
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