Writing Around the Web - March 9, 2008

There is so much talent out there when it comes to writing about writing. Whether you’re a fiction writer, blogger, content writer, article writer, technical writer, copy writer, poet, or any other sort of writer, there is no shortage of resources out there to help you improve your craft. And, while so much of what you do in your particular niche may be specialized, you can still gain quite a bit from those in other areas.

Take, for example, Debra’s post on Friday about how she once destroyed half of an entire manuscript. Only having barely started out writing a novel, I can’t tell you what it must be like to lose half of one. However, I can tell you what it’s like to ditch a good article because it just didn’t seem, at that moment, to be up to snuff. Debra’s lesson, that you can “Trust yourself. Trust your talent. Trust that nothing you write is completely worthless,” is viable advice for anyone.

Or you can consider Yaro Starak’s advice about the key to successful blogging. Yaro is one of the most amazingly successful bloggers out there. His Blog Profits Blueprint has helped thousands of bloggers to unlock their blog’s full potential. Yaro’s Blog Mastermind mentoring program is going to be opening up again soon. Be sure to watch here for details, as you’ll want to get in on this one if you can. Even if you’re not a blogger, though, the Blog Profits Blueprint has many useful tips and tricks for writing good content. The section on Pillar Content is especially useful for anyone who wants to improve the marketability of their Internet writing.

I think the same principles apply for the traditional print freelancer, as well. Sharon at Get Paid to Write Online offers some ideas about how panic can ruin your writing career, and her ideas are valid for Internet and print writers. Sharon offers what is really just some good business advice about how not to panic when you find yourself with a lack of work, and how the ups and downs of freelance writing are a normal part of the job.

Take for example, also, Dana’s article on Article Writing Secrets. Dana offers some excellent advice about article writing that is nearly universal in its application when it comes to Internet writing. The fact of the matter is, as Dana mentions, that SEO and keyword optimization are techniques that are valid across the Internet writing spectrum, from blogging to article directories to content web sites.

Skellie offered a post at Darren Rowse’s problogger.net that has more applications that it realizes, as well. Skellie points out several ways to improve the usability of your blog. Although she doesn’t mention it specifically, the same principles can apply to improving the usability of your content web site, as well.

So, how about you? Have you ever found good advice somewhere you didn’t quite expect it, or in a way that even the writer may not have intended it? Have you found good blog advice at an article advice site, or found ways to market your content site based on ideas from a print freelancer?

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