Aug | 04 | 2008

The Secrets To Writing GREAT Headlines

Posted by Jimmy as Opinion, Tips, Writing Coming up with great headlines is not an easy thing to do. In fact, there are people who find this endeavor one of the hardest parts of writing. I think it’s time to make a confession – I am one of those people. That is why I continuously do research on how to come up with titles that would be better each time. I ran across a very inspiring and useful post at Instigator Blog titled “How to Write Eye-Popping Headlines while Exhausted.” Ben Yoskovitz outlined several tips that I find really useful. Take a ...

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Jul | 30 | 2008

Do You Write Too Slowly? (Part 3)

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing Here is the last installment for this mini-series. In the last two posts, we talked about making an outline and then just letting all the words flow without editing first. What else can you do to help you speed up your writing? Time yourself This is particularly useful for those people who work under pressure. Are you the type of person who performs better when he/she is cramming? I know a lot of people like this. They would normally wait until the last minute to do their project and then when crunch time arrives, they would deliver ...

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Jul | 28 | 2008

Do You Write Too Slowly? (Part 2)

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing In the last post, we took a look at how you should just keep on writing and not edit on your first go. Here are other tips that could help you speed up your writing. Don’t underestimate the power of outlines I still remember when I was in grade school and we had essays to write. My mother, who was a school teacher, would always tell me to make it clear in my mind what I wanted to write about. She would then urge me to outline my thoughts on paper. Though at first, I didn’t want to ...

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Jul | 26 | 2008

Do You Write Too Slowly?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing I have a friend who is a very good writer. She tried web writing and soon got into writing for blogs as well. She has since then started to make good money writing for other people who didn’t have the same (excellent) writing skills as she does. She has one big problem, though – her turnaround time takes a while. If you are into web writing, you would know that sometimes, really fast turnaround times are needed. This is especially true if you are dealing with a client who needs results quickly but gives the specifications a ...

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Jul | 24 | 2008

Is Good Writing Relative?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing I recently read a post at Daily Writing Tips about “good writing being a matter of opinion.” The moment I read the title, I already knew what my opinion of that statement was. So what did the guys at Daily Writing tips think about the statement? It’s not a question that has an easy answer. Opinion is a slippery word. So is good. Some opinions are founded on facts, knowledge, and experience. Others are based on nothing better than whimsy, rebellion or ignorance. I totally agree. Good is such a bland word, which could mean many different things, depending on the ...

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Jul | 20 | 2008

Avoiding The Repetition Of Words

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing Have you ever read blog posts or articles in general which seem to reflect the writer’s lack of vocabulary? What I mean by this is that there is some written work in which the same words are used over and over again, sometimes more than twice in a sentence. Grammatically, there is nothing wrong with using the same words many times over. However, for the sake of readability, I believe that you should avoid repeating words one time too many. Take a look at this example: We went to the grocery store today. While we were at the ...

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Jul | 10 | 2008

The Importance Of Paragraphs

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing Paragraphs could very well be one of the most underrated things when it comes to writing for blogs. Have you ever visited a blog which had great content but you found yourself NOT reading much of it because of the paragraphs – or the lack of it? I have a friend who recently got into blogging. It was actually fun to see how enthusiastic he was. He had so many ideas and just couldn’t stop coming up with content. And believe, they were good ideas. His writing was (and still not is) that good as it ...

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Jul | 08 | 2008

Learning From Your Successes

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing I remember writing a post some time ago about learning from your mistakes. Come to think of it, this is the maxim that most people think of when they want to improve something in their lives. They go back in time and examine what went wrong, learn from that incident, and then move on to live a better life. How about looking at things from another perspective? What I mean is, why don’t we try to take on a more positive note and learn from our successes. This is all a matter of perspective, if ...

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Jul | 06 | 2008

How Long Do You Spend On A Blog Post?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing I do not know if you have ever pondered on this matter but exactly how much time do you spend on an average post in your blog? For those who have an inherent talent for writing, or maybe those who have developed the skill for it, they would probably say several minutes to 15 minutes for a several hundred words. For fewer words, it might even take less time than that for some people! Yet there is no doubt about it – there are many bloggers today who are not very good writers to begin with. They may ...

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Jul | 04 | 2008

Keeping Your News Fresh

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Blog Tutorials News, Opinion, Tips, Writing There comes a time in a blogger’s life when he simply cannot find topics to write about. What happens then depends on the blogger. He can either not write at all or he can rehash old topics. I have nothing against old topics as long as there is some new twist or angle that is added to the blog post. After all, things that have happened in the past (especially in your personal life, if your blog is a personal blog) can always be viewed in different ways. However, if you are writing about current events, there ...

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