Comments on: Writing Articles in Pairs of Two? YES! http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Ed Howes http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3623 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:15:59 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3623 Theresa, Nobody here is timing you. Come around when you like and some of us will read you anyway. Theresa,

Nobody here is timing you. Come around when you like and some of us will read you anyway.

]]> by: Theresa Cahill http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3577 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:19:50 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3577 I'm only about a month behind putting my two cents in but... what a great idea - and duh I would never have thought of it. I do, on occasion, find myself following up my own article (or postings) with one along the same vein. However, taking the original (and follow ups) and cutting them in half is such an easy thing to do - we're all used to the "stay tuned til next time" messages :) Thanks Chris! You're right... I'm definitely going to give this a go! Theresa Cahill http://www.mywizardads.com I’m only about a month behind putting my two cents in but… what a great idea - and duh I would never have thought of it.

I do, on occasion, find myself following up my own article (or postings) with one along the same vein. However, taking the original (and follow ups) and cutting them in half is such an easy thing to do - we’re all used to the “stay tuned til next time” messages :)

Thanks Chris! You’re right… I’m definitely going to give this a go!

Theresa Cahill
http://www.mywizardads.com

]]> by: Martha Winslet http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3160 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:57:40 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3160 Yeah ! This is a great idea to split an article. Generally people have the affinity to have the underlying idea in a comprehensive mode. Hence pushing the main theme in a nutshell will be really great. Martha Winslet Yeah ! This is a great idea to split an article. Generally people have the affinity to have the underlying idea in a comprehensive mode. Hence pushing the main theme in a nutshell will be really great.

Martha Winslet

]]> by: Ed Howes http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3105 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:52:00 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-3105 Takuya, Welcome to our educational fun club. If writing does not inspire the reader, it can always inspire the write, who only gets better with practice and reading. Deborah, I write for a minority that will scroll. Ironically, my favorite forms are bumper stickers and tee shirts, which leaves me with catchy titles that need no elaboration. So I don't use them for titles. I have found serializing the long articles to be quite effective and it often surprises me me when the view counts on the subsequent parts stay close to the count on part one, which makes your case again. Takuya,

Welcome to our educational fun club. If writing does not inspire the reader, it can always inspire the write, who only gets better with practice and reading.

Deborah,

I write for a minority that will scroll. Ironically, my favorite forms are bumper stickers and tee shirts, which leaves me with catchy titles that need no elaboration. So I don’t use them for titles. I have found serializing the long articles to be quite effective and it often surprises me me when the view counts on the subsequent parts stay close to the count on part one, which makes your case again.

]]> by: Deborah Coss http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2962 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:37:48 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2962 You have one of the least known secrets, down pat! The less words you use, the more likely the reader will read your page and click to your next page. It has been proven that absorbtion of the electronic page, is far less than the hard copy page. Meaning it is important to use less words, while trying to pack enough punch in your writnig to keep it "sticky," (making people stick on your pages). So, two articles of 500 words, is far more effective than one of 1,000 words, on the internet. People don't like to have to scroll down much, unless it's research oriented and they just have to. The best web masters, have quick loading pages, articulate and direct styles and get to the point ASAP. The least desireable writers, are way too much in love with their own words, and go on, and on, and on, and...... You have one of the least known secrets, down pat!
The less words you use, the more likely the reader will read your page and click to your next page. It has been proven that absorbtion of the electronic page, is far less than the hard copy page. Meaning it is important to use less words, while trying to pack enough punch in your writnig to keep it “sticky,” (making people stick on your pages). So, two articles of 500 words, is far more effective than one of 1,000 words, on the internet. People don’t like to have to scroll down much, unless it’s research oriented and they just have to. The best web masters, have quick loading pages, articulate and direct styles and get to the point ASAP. The least desireable writers, are way too much in love with their own words, and go on, and on, and on, and……

]]> by: Lance Winslow http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2945 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:12:44 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2945 Babul, actually if you just start writing an article you will think of something else, which really does not fit in the article, but is still relevant. And by writing pairs or even more you can better keep your article on track. I like to write now in 7’s instead of pairs. Two of a kind is great, but 7 is a lucky number; http://ezinearticles.com/?777;-Why-is-Number-Seven-Lucky?&id=255080 Toto, is correct in that the average attention span of the viewer is dropping and even the TV news segments are only 2-4 minutes now, when they use to be 7 minutes. One the Internet the “click happy” surfer wants information; get in and get out. Smaller articles get read more times all the way thru than do larger articles you see? Dina’s method works too. I have done this also. Think of a topic and write 7 possible titles and write them one by one. In doing this you will also invariably think of another sub-topic or TWO; more pairs to write on top of that. Ed, it seems that observations, curiosity and thought are one of the greatest aspects of the human species, unfortunately so many people turn off their minds. I believe that if you can get people to think again, then our future holds a brighter light; speaking of birds, here is a Pair of Articles for you; http://ezinearticles.com/?Birds-with-the-Widest-Wings-Use-Ground-Affect&id=255002 http://ezinearticles.com/?Bald-Eagles-on-the-Potomac&id=255009 Actually both written together while watching birds by the pool. Takuya, writing articles is easy, but not until you start writing. I find sometimes it is easiest to just start writing, even if you ditch the entire first paragraph and start over, at least you are getting into the writing mode and allowing the FLOW of it to move from your mind to your fingers. Sometimes I wish I had shorter arms so it would not take so long! I will read your article, it is great to see all the great new writers. Edward, brings up an excellent point, in that reading articles of your own or someone else’s for that matter, although in Edwards case he is in Super Specialty Niche, which he know stakes claim and basically owns now. If you pick out a specific Sentence or Phrase, sometimes you can modify it and make it a Title and then flush out a new idea. I have done this too. Great point Edward. In fact often when trying to write 30-40 articles per day, I have to get away for a few hours with a note pad in order to dream up new titles. Sometimes take a drive, ride a bike, take a job, read a periodical, surf the News or go engage someone at a coffee shop for conversation. Then write down the observation and attempt to work it into a thought and flush out the idea, much like Edward is describing by reading his own articles, which are quite good I might add. I think this is good dialogue and we should keep it going! Babul, actually if you just start writing an article you will think of something else, which really does not fit in the article, but is still relevant. And by writing pairs or even more you can better keep your article on track. I like to write now in 7’s instead of pairs. Two of a kind is great, but 7 is a lucky number;

http://ezinearticles.com/?777;-Why-is-Number-Seven-Lucky?&id=255080

Toto, is correct in that the average attention span of the viewer is dropping and even the TV news segments are only 2-4 minutes now, when they use to be 7 minutes. One the Internet the “click happy” surfer wants information; get in and get out. Smaller articles get read more times all the way thru than do larger articles you see?

Dina’s method works too. I have done this also. Think of a topic and write 7 possible titles and write them one by one. In doing this you will also invariably think of another sub-topic or TWO; more pairs to write on top of that.

Ed, it seems that observations, curiosity and thought are one of the greatest aspects of the human species, unfortunately so many people turn off their minds. I believe that if you can get people to think again, then our future holds a brighter light; speaking of birds, here is a Pair of Articles for you;

http://ezinearticles.com/?Birds-with-the-Widest-Wings-Use-Ground-Affect&id=255002

http://ezinearticles.com/?Bald-Eagles-on-the-Potomac&id=255009

Actually both written together while watching birds by the pool.

Takuya, writing articles is easy, but not until you start writing. I find sometimes it is easiest to just start writing, even if you ditch the entire first paragraph and start over, at least you are getting into the writing mode and allowing the FLOW of it to move from your mind to your fingers. Sometimes I wish I had shorter arms so it would not take so long! I will read your article, it is great to see all the great new writers.

Edward, brings up an excellent point, in that reading articles of your own or someone else’s for that matter, although in Edwards case he is in Super Specialty Niche, which he know stakes claim and basically owns now. If you pick out a specific Sentence or Phrase, sometimes you can modify it and make it a Title and then flush out a new idea. I have done this too. Great point Edward. In fact often when trying to write 30-40 articles per day, I have to get away for a few hours with a note pad in order to dream up new titles. Sometimes take a drive, ride a bike, take a job, read a periodical, surf the News or go engage someone at a coffee shop for conversation. Then write down the observation and attempt to work it into a thought and flush out the idea, much like Edward is describing by reading his own articles, which are quite good I might add.

I think this is good dialogue and we should keep it going!

]]> by: Marshall Masters http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2944 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:42:12 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2944 Hi Edward: Great tip on prospecting your past articles. I also do keyword searches on the words and phrases as well. Marshall Hi Edward:

Great tip on prospecting your past articles. I also do keyword searches on the words and phrases as well.

Marshall

]]> by: Edward Weiss http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2943 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:20:00 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2943 You know what I do to get ideas for new articles? I read my old articles! I fish around for a phrase or a sentence that seems promising, create a headline from it and voila... a new article! You know what I do to get ideas for new articles? I read my old articles!

I fish around for a phrase or a sentence that seems promising, create a headline from it and voila… a new article!

]]> by: Takuya Hikichi http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2942 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:14:49 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2942 Ed, I too have learned stuff from reading yours, Lance's and other people's comments. I am new to this community but writing articles have become more exciting than I ever knew and most importantly easier than I expected. Once I put my mind to it, it wasn't hard to start writing one article after another. Ed,

I too have learned stuff from reading yours, Lance’s and other people’s comments. I am new to this community but writing articles have become more exciting than I ever knew and most importantly easier than I expected. Once I put my mind to it, it wasn’t hard to start writing one article after another.

]]> by: Ed Howes http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2941 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:06:05 +0000 http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2006/07/writing-articles-in-pairs-of-two-yes.html#comment-2941 Very good observation Dina, Lance and I are two of those people who get tremendously excited about ideas and possibilities. We see it in our mind's eye and immediately want to share it with others. We both write stream of conciousness, only Lance does it about 10 times faster, I imagine. I think we recognized this in each other subconsciously over a number of weeks. My life experience tells me few people get very excited by anything so finding Lance for me was a great blessing. Finding that bird of a feather is especially exciting for very excitable people. I expect the finding of each other to matter to the rest of the world over time. We have found a friendship worth cultivating and I only want to add others as we go. I certainly love this little blog community we have going and I'm eagerly watching to see who starts hanging out with us here. I believe this may be one of the most productive blogs on the internet and that this was Chris' intention. Very good observation Dina,

Lance and I are two of those people who get tremendously excited about ideas and possibilities. We see it in our mind’s eye and immediately want to share it with others. We both write stream of conciousness, only Lance does it about 10 times faster, I imagine. I think we recognized this in each other subconsciously over a number of weeks. My life experience tells me few people get very excited by anything so finding Lance for me was a great blessing. Finding that bird of a feather is especially exciting for very excitable people. I expect the finding of each other to matter to the rest of the world over time. We have found a friendship worth cultivating and I only want to add others as we go. I certainly love this little blog community we have going and I’m eagerly watching to see who starts hanging out with us here. I believe this may be one of the most productive blogs on the internet and that this was Chris’ intention.

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