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Writing and Editing Improve With Separate Time Slots

When writing articles for money, it pays to write fast and to write well. What if you’re a slow writer who’s still learning?

There’s one habit that will help you get more article writing done in less time and still produce quality content.

What is the key? Simple. Split the writing process and the editing process into two separate activities done at separate times.

Time put aside for writing articles becomes just that – writing time. Time to get the basic draft down in words.

Editing articles requires an entirely different mindset. Don’t mix the two. Treat them as different do’s to be done on different days or at different times during the day.

You read that correctly. Different days. Yes, if you’re in a bind and have to crank out the material no matter what, you’re going to have to do it all at once. You may suffer for the process and the material you produce is likely to suffer too.

Once you begin separating the tasks of writing and editing, you’ll soon find it easier to get into the proper mode and may even find your production increasing. If you are writing articles at home and faced with the typical challenges and interruptions, consider scheduling editing time when there is the least competition for your attention.

Writing is a creative process – editing is a controlled one. It makes sense that different areas of the brain control the two. When it is time for writing articles, just write. Set a timer if that helps.

Don’t waste any time thinking about spelling or paragraph order. Just get the words on the screen (or the page). Once you’ve completed the creative process, put everything aside and go do something else.

Return to the article draft later, preferably on an entirely different day, put on your editor’s hat and re-visit what you produced. Look at what you’ve written with an eye for grammar and spelling, paragraph order and clarity.

Does the first paragraph attract and hold the reader? Does it naturally hold attention and direct the reader on down the page? If your goal is to keep that reader’s attention all the way to the resource box, you’d best be providing real information in an engaging way.

Make sure that everything is tied up neatly and ends in the resource box, not the paragraph preceding it. Yes, you do want the perfect ending with nothing left undone. For best results, write naturally then edit the last paragraph to make that paragraph the resource box. This saves the hassle that can accompany resource box creation and makes for better written content.

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