Ever asked (or wanted to ask) writers on how we find inspiration to write beautifully written content that’s read by the thousands?

While a short and simple answer to that is by throwing in the “10,000″ hours rule of consistent writing and practicing to perfection, there’s actually a variety of things that we do daily to go from canvas to 1,000 words posts (or combination of posts) in a day, or from zero to book in 27 days.

However, for starters, here’s 3 quick ways on how you too can get started in writing by getting inspirations, finding ideas, writing and publishing everyday.

1. Getting Ideas

Ideas are everywhere; from reading beautiful copy in advertisements, to watching a featured game walkthrough online, to reading a brand new book you’ve just gotten from Amazon or from public libraries (note: I first started going from non-writer to learning how to write by staying in my school library for 5 months, 9am to 6pm, devouring and writing down notes from books that I can lay my fingers on—6 years ago, when I was 20), then noting them down onto paper or if you’re more of a memory type person, let the idea stick around in your mind for a while before writing them down.

2. Writing Your Thoughts

Thoughts ain’t junk. Instead, they are only worth something when it’s being put onto paper. Thoughts are a cluttered representation of one’s memory bank in our daily life. They are facts and figures yet to be sorted out for practical application. What we see, feel, touch, taste, and hear contributes to the wealth of information in your mind. Your goal is to write out your thoughts, which is to (7 things):

• Decide a focus — Finding an unrepresented angle where your opinions, words, and voice matters, contributing to the overall discussion of a topic (eg: How Apple Changed The World -> How Apple Changed Your Life -> How Apple’s iPhone 4S Changes the Way We Organize Life)
• Be concise — Finding relevant details that backs your statement and angle, eliminating unnecessary words that adds little value to your proposition; if necessary, create an appendix
• Create value — Writing on its own doesn’t equate to creating value. Value is created when your words bring a change in behavior, creates a call to action for the reader, and when your reader is able to achieve something greater than she could have done on her own
• Review — Reviewing allows one to generate a report, a how-to, and adding on to how a book, product, or game, had brought you mind-changing and actionable ideas, benefits that you can’t do without the product, and joy with a superb backstory and gaming experience respectively
• Pre-sell — Maybe you are a copywriter, product sales director, or super-affiliate marketer (or aspire to be one of the 3 mentioned), one of your core competencies has to be in pre-selling, where you are to create trust and assurance in the brand and product that you’re representing through writing constructive and positive reviews and experiences on your blogs and minisites
• Selling — Selling is more than giving product discounts and offers, it turns tech specs into a visual description of what your buyer can do with the product, creating greater assurance in the brand and item you’re marketing (eg: “1,000 washes, nanotechnology” -> “you can use this for 3 years without the need to replace — air dry after each wash for maximum effectiveness — keeping your clothes clean and fresh, kills bacteria, and with it’s unlimited shelf-life — item lifespan based on number of uses — you can buy 2 for a slightly around hundred dollars — 1 at $59.90; or less than 6 cents per use — and safely using up to 6 years from today“)
• Write to interview — Writing isn’t all about putting your words across to your readers. Another superior use of content creation that will tremendously benefit you is to write an article and posing a question to interview and survey your audience. This allows you to leverage on your writing skills, taking your research and publications to another whole new level by adding knowledge and experience by experts in your field to create better content or an upcoming, compelling book in your niche

3. Publishing

One question I used to get while writing my first ebook was on editing. How do I get editors to iron out bad grammar and fixing sentences? Actually, I don’t. To be specific, I write and edit on the fly, often reading to myself 2-3 times before moving on to the next line. I’ll then re-read after every few sentences to make sure my ideas are on track, and has a smooth flow to present thoughts and ideas into actionable items on paper.

Once edited, click publish (save or export to .pdf if it’s an ebook) and move on to the next article or chapter the very next day.

Done. :)

Ask the readers: Questions on writing

Are you a writer or an aspiring writer? What are some of your techniques and process of writing that you’re looking to learn and master, or have put into practice while creating your new article or book? I’d love to hear and learn more about you; do write your thoughts and comments in the contact form below — I actually read through all emails sent.

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