You can take a look at others writer who have written same article on your niche. Analyze it deeply. But make sure you are reading very good article. Decide how many paragraph you are targeting. Generally 3 will do. Introduction, Descriptions and conclusion. You can elaborate that later when you progression starts. Do not use hard words because you are targeting to everyone around the world who knows the basic English.
First try to write something on your own, write something about movies, music whatever you like. The Best would be if you make a free blog and keep on practicing it by writing one article each day. Take your time, do not rush, but just write one article each day and post it in your own blog.
I don’t think it is a problem. I think that is the sign of a good writer. Really expressing what you mean to express is difficult, and a lot of the time people just muddle through or use cliches. Or they use more words than they need to and it ends up too confusing.
Taking the time to go back and edit it, and struggling to make sure you are saying exactly what you want to express, is a rare quality.
I do it a bit, not so much in forum posts though (unless I am arguing a point).
Copyblogger.com has great practical tips on writing. The latest post has info on how to complete projects quicker to keep your content fresh. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s worth a read.
I had a similar problem with an old supervisor of mine. He took far too long to write anything. I got around this by writing up crude drafts for him so that he could rewrite them/correct them to his standards. This approach seemed to work fairly well as my drafts gave him a good outline, and all he needed to do was fill in the occasional gap.
This approach would only work if you are working in a group though and have someone else to draft everything for you.
IMHO there’s no such thing as good writing. Only good re-writing. I know that I have a tendancy to speak/type before I get done thinking, so sometimes my communications are a jumbled mess. Hoestly, I don’t see anything wrong with your method. In fact, it probably leads to better content than could be produced my a type-from-the-hip author like me
I agonized over this issue for years until about 5 years ago I forced myself to accept a formula and it’s worked great ever since. Now I have no problem churning out 1000 words at a time. Here’s the formula to try:
Stew - Take a few days or even several to “think” about what you’re going to write about until you’re practically sick of “thinking” to the point that you must “DO”.
Spew - Sit at a computer and write, write, write as fast as you can. Don’t think about it anymore. Don’t check for grammar. Don’t think about perfection, just spew until your fingers melt on the keyboard!
Review - Only after completion of the spewing, after it’s all out, go to bed and come back the next day and “review” what you’ve created. Don’t make too many major changes. Just tidy things up.
Preview - Give a sample look to only your very close friends and/or colleagues. They will tell you what major holes are missing. And, if they don’t, then you don’t have any major holes.
WHEW! - There must be a time in your writing where you finally sit back and consider it’s “finished.” Don’t let a single writing get beaten to death until it’s perfect…because it will never be perfect.
Follow these 5 steps and you will be off to churning hundreds of thousands of words within 25% of the time it took to belabor every blank page and every sentence.
Well, I also one of those that use plenty of time, just to read and edit the sentences, and I do believe that the edition is the essential road of perfection…
This is great advice. Although the first 4 are important, I think many writers forget number 5 and it is especially important. I once had a friend who took 10 years to write a book because of constant re-writing and fine-tuning. When she finally submitted it to a publisher – Guess what! – She was assigned an editor and of course had more re-writing tasks.
Creative people often have a bent for perfection. Artists, composers, and writers are never satisfied with their work.
Maybe if more of us used number 4 as a “sounding board”, it would be easier to let go of our babies at step 5. If you don’t have a “number 4” available, another option is to “sleep on it”. The next day, things that seemed incomprehensible yesterday, frequently will fall into place for you.
Well you need not write 50 words per minute . Thats too much . Quality is important . On the other hand your pace seems a bit slow . You could do change the goal to completing the article as goal first using reasonable sentences , then try to prefect them .
If typing fast is your goal, then just let the ideas flow and don’t think too hard about each sentence. Let the ideas and thoughts flow through your fingertips onto the keyboard and then go back and edit larger chunks of copy after you have pounded out a few paragraphs.
Also, I find I type a lot faster when I’m rolling through cans of Old Milwaukee.
Good advice here already - especially on one of the biggest problems most people face when writing - trying to edit as they write. Definitely churn-out the first draft without strangling it by editing. The other big problem is that most people don’t realise how much there is to do before pen hits paper (or fingers hit keys) - planning, research, structuring, brainstorming… An artist doesn’t usually just slap paint on a canvas - they sketch, look around for inspiration and make detailed studies of their subjects first.
