My Techniques For Writing Copy
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That is probably why Plebware has its own dictionary, just a explanation on:
(The Long Blast Technique of Writing, and The Short Blast Technique of Writing)
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Expanding an idea
‘Writing New Blog posts are important, as new posts are essential for online success.’
Lets put this differently:
‘Writing new Blog Posts, REGULARLY are essential for online success.’
It is of paramount importance to learn to write well, get the spelling right.
Ensure that the grammar is correct, but more important, does the thing say what it says? That is... is the article true to its intended meaning.
Techniques To Prevent Boredom.
Mental Boredom, or Writer’s Block is a common malady faced by all writers.
It can be over come by using variety, and multiple techniques.
Discover a style that works for you
There are as many writing styles as there are writers, if not more...
There are More!
There are probably two to three times as many writing styles than writers.
Most regular writers have more than one writing style and technique.
Following on, are the techniques I like to use.
Feel free to use it yourself, but most of all, if you do I encourage that you make it yours. Own it! Modify it! Add Your own spin to it.
Separate Writing from proof reading, formatting and type setting.
Method 1 -The Long Blast Writing Method
(My Own Term)
This method I use went I must create something in a hurry,
but I often mix it up too.
I have used this technique from the early days of being online.
It involves just writing, without stopping.
Write, write and write, do not stop, to check spelling, just write and write.
Stopping regularly makes writing a tedious matter, especially if you are facing a big deadline.
Stopping regularly also wastes time and breaks your though pattern, as you mess around fixing things
This is especially true for beginners (newbie writers).
Proof read afterwards, but never during, the actual writing process.
This is traditionally or rather academically called Free-Writing
Free-Writing
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Free writing has traditionally been seen as a pre-writing technique in academic environments, in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without worrying about rhetorical concerns or conventions and mechanics, sometimes working from a specific prompt provided by a teacher.
While free writing often produces raw, or even unusable material, it can help writers overcome writing blocks and build confidence by allowing them to practice text-production phases of the writing process without fear of censure. Some writers even use the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a preliminary to formal writing.
History of Free Writing
Dorothea Brande was an early proponent of free-writing.
In her book Becoming a Writer (1934),
she advises readers to sit and write for 30 minutes every morning,
as fast as they can.
Peter Elbow advanced free-writing in his book Writing Without Teachers (1973), and it has been popularized by Julia Cameron through her book The Artist's Way (1992).
Method 2 - The Short Blast Writing Method
(My Own Term)
This is a method I use, when:
I must create something, that is almost picture perfect, right from the word go.
I have used this technique since 2016.
It involves combining proof reading, formatting and type setting, as you write.
Basically this technique can be described like this:
Write a paragraph, stop, check spelling, check grammar, check formatting.
Write the next paragraph, stop, check spelling, check grammar, check formatting.
Method 3 - Make A List
(But Beware Of The Follow On Disadvantage)
Making a list of what you want to write about isn’t a bad starting point.
I have met up with a few of its limitations:
The Follow On Disadvantage is that whatever word you write down,
will determine the next word you write down, which in turn effects the next word you write down,
and so on, this can end up being tedious as well as distracting, but it is a technique being taught.
The Governed Structure Disadvantage once you have your list, it’s very difficult to change its order.
So the entire structure effectively becomes governed by whatever word originally popped into your mind when you sat down to write.
Method 4 - Structured Writing
Structured writing is a form of technical writing that uses and creates structured documents.
The term was coined by Robert E. Horn and became a central part of his information mapping method of analysing, organizing, and displaying knowledge in print and in the new online presentation of text and graphics.
Horn and colleagues identified dozens of common documentation types, then analyzed them into structural components called information blocks. They identified over 200 common block types. These were assembled into information types using information maps.
The seven most common information types are:
Concept,
Procedure,
Process,
Principle,
Fact,
Structure,
Classification,
That will be all, for today, I am rather tired, just spent the last 24 hours working.
So I am going to call it a wrap, I will however, continue this thread.
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