by Rachelle de Bretagne

Created on: September 15, 2008   Last Updated: July 08, 2009

I have often been asked how I manage to write so many articles. Writing as a professional requires a certain amount of discipline and this article is written with you in mind. Any writer of moderate typing speed can produce a huge quantity of written work though the tips contained within this article will tell you how to write not only faster, but more effectively at the same time.

*Deciding the topic.
*Thinking of guidelines.
*Organizing your time.
*Organizing your writing method.
*Research.
*Get ready to write.
*Brush up on typing skills.

When you want to produce a lot of articles or written work, the essential ingredient is the purpose of the article or the title. Look at those things upon which you have good solid knowledge, as you will always be able to produce good quality work on subjects that interest you with little difficulty. Fast writing, or writing to deadlines helps your journalistic career to take off, and while others are still sitting with pen in hand thinking, you will have your titles ready to write to. Paste them into your word processing program and work on the ones that suit the mood. Those articles which hit the right chord will inspire you to write, and the inspiration you gain will enable you to go on and write more.

Think of guidelines.

Guidelines are important. No matter who you are writing for, know their guidelines. It may be an on-line site, marketplace or a particular type of written work. By knowing the guidelines, you can write to meet the expectations of editors and succeed to provide quality articles within the parameters set. Knowing your guidelines also helps you to get into the groove of producing for a particular market, and thus produce more.

Organizing your time.

A distraction free atmosphere works the best for writing. Background noise is a distraction and will often stop the flow of thoughts. Switch off the Internet and certainly switch off those horrible messengers which demand your time. Open your worksheet and discipline yourself to be ready for a given amount of time to yourself to write. A professional will write quantity because they make their living doing it, and the practice of concentrated writing helps you to produce work faster.

Organizing your writing method.

Having a method which works for you is essential and one of the things I learned when producing up to 100 articles a week was that it helps to know where the article is going and what it will include. I call this preparing a "spine", and as

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