Well, to be honest, we all do, probably. In fact, by the time you reach the end of this article, you will probably catch me in a faux pas of some sort.
Do you write and publish articles in English online?
Is some language other than English your native language?
Is your command of such nit-picky things as punctuation, spelling, grammar a little weak?
Do you know in your heart that, although you have something valid to say, you just don't have that "writing thing" that lets you say it easily?
Did you answer, "Yes!" to any of those questions? Then, there is a good chance that your articles can benefit from a little review, and possibly re-writing, by someone with a bit more experience and expertise.
Let me tell you about something that I have discovered in the last year or so.
You see, I have several blogs and websites, and I used to write almost every word posted on them myself. However, in the last year or so, I have gotten a little tired of doing all the work myself and have begun using articles from article directories such as EzineArticles.com.
I always knew that I would have to go through many articles on a subject to find the few which would fit into a particular blog or website. I also understood that not everyone who writes articles is a "writer". I was willing to sacrifice a certain amount of technical skill for a good article which conveyed knowledge in an enjoyable manner.
I was a linguist in the army, and, having lived and traveled in foreign lands for years, I understood how an interesting article written by someone whose native language is NOT English might have a few technical errors...yet still be one I might wish to publish anyway.
What I was NOT prepared for was how many good articles I would have to reject simply because the manner in which the author expressed ideas was difficult to interpret...even though written in English. It happened again this morning. I was looking for an article to post to my travel blog, and had to reject several interesting articles simply because or the quality of the writing!
If you are writing articles and publishing them in article directories, your hope is that those articles will be appreciated and perhaps published on multiple websites. You probably also hope that those articles will establish you as a knowledgeable individual on the subject you write about. The ultimate goal is generally to generate business by attracting readers to your business.
However, if these articles are being passed over by webmasters and bloggers because of the reasons I have outlined, then you are expending a lot of energy for nothing.
There are many services online which will ghost write articles, or proofread, rewrite, and even publish YOUR OWN articles for you. If your command of English is about like my command of German, you should probably invest in one of these services to do some of this work for you.
There is never a guarantee that even the best written, most interesting article will be the one which goes viral and winds up on thousands of other websites. However, your odds will be better if the article you DO submit is well written and easy to read.
Do you write and publish articles in English online?
Is some language other than English your native language?
Is your command of such nit-picky things as punctuation, spelling, grammar a little weak?
Do you know in your heart that, although you have something valid to say, you just don't have that "writing thing" that lets you say it easily?
Did you answer, "Yes!" to any of those questions? Then, there is a good chance that your articles can benefit from a little review, and possibly re-writing, by someone with a bit more experience and expertise.
Let me tell you about something that I have discovered in the last year or so.
You see, I have several blogs and websites, and I used to write almost every word posted on them myself. However, in the last year or so, I have gotten a little tired of doing all the work myself and have begun using articles from article directories such as EzineArticles.com.
I always knew that I would have to go through many articles on a subject to find the few which would fit into a particular blog or website. I also understood that not everyone who writes articles is a "writer". I was willing to sacrifice a certain amount of technical skill for a good article which conveyed knowledge in an enjoyable manner.
I was a linguist in the army, and, having lived and traveled in foreign lands for years, I understood how an interesting article written by someone whose native language is NOT English might have a few technical errors...yet still be one I might wish to publish anyway.
What I was NOT prepared for was how many good articles I would have to reject simply because the manner in which the author expressed ideas was difficult to interpret...even though written in English. It happened again this morning. I was looking for an article to post to my travel blog, and had to reject several interesting articles simply because or the quality of the writing!
If you are writing articles and publishing them in article directories, your hope is that those articles will be appreciated and perhaps published on multiple websites. You probably also hope that those articles will establish you as a knowledgeable individual on the subject you write about. The ultimate goal is generally to generate business by attracting readers to your business.
However, if these articles are being passed over by webmasters and bloggers because of the reasons I have outlined, then you are expending a lot of energy for nothing.
There are many services online which will ghost write articles, or proofread, rewrite, and even publish YOUR OWN articles for you. If your command of English is about like my command of German, you should probably invest in one of these services to do some of this work for you.
There is never a guarantee that even the best written, most interesting article will be the one which goes viral and winds up on thousands of other websites. However, your odds will be better if the article you DO submit is well written and easy to read.
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