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Writing Articles: Quality is Important But Quantity is Everything

Posted on August 11th, 2010 in Writing by Jimmy Shilaho
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Writing articles can be tricky. Many young writers are unable to balance between the quality and quantity of what they write and this has frustrated their ability to earn anything worth writing home about from their online writing. There is a need to balance between quality and quantity for while quality is important, the quantity of writing is certainly everything.

Just how much are you writing? Do you sometimes call yourself a writer without doing the actual writing? Are you more comfortable calling yourself a writer when you spend half a month moaning about a writer’s block only to write one lackluster piece and disappear again? It’s time you call off the bluff and get down to business.

Compare the circulation of daily newspapers and monthly magazines

If you are one of those online writers whose blog is updated once a year or even once a month, or any one of those writers who produce an article a month in the name of quality, its time you upped the stakes by increasing your circulation by increasing your out put. The more online content you produce the more the clicks, and that is a little more money for you. You may not be writing for money, but again, why post it to a paying site if the money doesn’t matter?

More content means more advertisement revenue

The more content you write, the higher the revenue generated from adverts displayed alongside your content. Do not believe for one second that a writer with one or two articles a month however good can match one who produces 60 articles a month in terms of revenue generation. As much as the quality of online writing matters a lot, it’s sometimes about generating revenue from those ads and the more the pages, the more the ads, meaning more revenue.

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The more one writes, the better they become

I have said it time and again and will repeat it. A writer worth his salt should never let a day pass without writing at least 300 words. Writing frequently generates what psychologists call learning by imprinting. We perfect any actions that we do many more times and writing is no different. If you want to rust and forget all the stylistic and language factors at your disposal, then hide behind the curtain of a writers block. The more you write, the better you become at beating a writer’s block.

Online articles are not books

Do not spend two weeks or two months on researching and writing an online article that will give you 1 dollar a month or even less in the name of quality. The same two weeks can easily produce an e-book that will fetch much more on the market irrespective of the quality. The desire to produce quality work must not block the need to get value for your time and efforts.

Writing is about 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration

You don’t need to be inspired all the time to write quality stuff. Writing is 1% inspiration while the rest is perspiration. I don’t remember who said those words but it remains true to this day. When you are inspired, your mind can offer up to a dozen ideas. Write these down in a notebook or journal and use them later own (perspiration) when inspiration evaporates or dies, that is how I manage to write at least two articles a day in addition to a blog entry. There are times when I have ideas for ten or more articles but notice how stupid it would be to write all of them in a single day.

Don’t let quantity be an excuse for poor quality

Some writers will want us to believe that the larger the quantity the poor the quality. I don’t think so. Quantity should never be an excuse for poor quality. Let us do some simple mathematics.

An average typist can key in 50 words per minute. A slower one like me does between 30 and 40 words per minute and that means I can type a 400 word article in 10 minutes! If I am to do some thinking along the way, I would require an additional 20 minutes and another 20 minutes for proofreading. If this were to be researched into, I would need a couple of hours for the research bit giving a total of three hours. What would stop me from writing one well researched entry everyday out of the 24 hours that my day has?

Quality is important but quantity is everything

Nothing beats quality for it ensures repeat sales and for online writing, it ensures that your readers come back for more. Think of the daily telegraph disappearing for more than a month and coming back then disappearing again. How many readers would be willing to wait amid this inconsistency? Think of a shop that opens today, closes tomorrow and opens again after a week. How much business can the poor fellow do? You have to balance between the quality of what you write and the quantity.

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