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The Vast World of Article Writing and Rewriting

 

Since I am fairly new to this business, I know I haven’t explored or seen the most of it. Since I am an independent person foraging into this freelance writing world, I know I have so much to learn and only myself to depend upon.

 

One of the early things I learned was that there are certain styles necessary to make an article readable. Most of my clients are those asking me to write contents for their websites. The websites are mostly business ones that needs to come up first in search engines. For this to happen articles must be keyword rich or their language SEO ready. SEO stands for search engine optimized. Also, articles must be easy to read. That means, it must contain simple words and simple sentences. I admit I had to bend my writing style a bit just to comply with these guidelines.

 

Another thing I recently discovered was that most of the time they ask or they warn me not to use any software or machine to spin or make the articles. I thought to myself, who would do that? Apparently, there are softwares out there, generally called spinners, who automatically rewrites an article for you. The thought was that you create or write an article then submit it to article directories. For you to earn more, there must be a great number of views to your articles. And for that to happen, it must be at the top of search engine results. Also, it would be best if you can submit the article to hundreds of article directories.

 

Now of course, I don’t know half of what all of those means. What are article directories exactly? I think they are sites where you submit an article and they pay you a dollar per like a thousand views or something. Yes you put your own by-line but then the pay is really low for my tastes. Besides, you need to make sure your article generates like a thousand views or something for that to work. Again, these are all hypothetical in a sense. I am not that well-versed on the entire matter.

 

Still, after taking a glimpse at the vast world of freelancing, and realizing that I am not even a fraction of a hundredth close to it, I must say it all overwhelmed me. I cannot even begin to describe the enormous possibilities in this blog. For me to be really familiar or engrossed with all of this – you know write articles and spin it like a hundred times to be submitted to like a hundred article directories so that I can earn – would make me an anti-social person for all eternity. I will be as pale as any bloodsucker and as clumsy as their beloved pet.

 

So when all is said and done, I am still a writer at heart but not a hung-up writer to go that far. I like to write but not push myself too much so I can earn from my writing. For now I will continue writing for the clients I have – which are dwindling in numbers because I refuse to simply accept new ones; write some original articles for those article directories of which I am already a member of and then look for some employment out there that would enable me to meet new people and have a teeming social life – one that is real and not virtual.

can’t help but write

Ganito pala talaga siguro pag writer ka. Or feeling writer. Hindi mo mapigil and iyong sarili magsulat. Parang bawat ideya na dumampi sa iyong utak kailangan mong masulat. Di kaya baka tuluyan na nitong lisanin ang iyong isipan.

 

In any case I am now writing using the basic and primitive resources for any writer – a pen and paper. Sad to say I am at no liberty ot use my preferred means – the computer. I am now at work and eventhough I have access to the PC, there is no means for me to publish what I write using it. So I have to contend with this.

And speaking of computers, my mother’s observation was right when she noticed that 90% of my waking moments are spent in front of the computer. My work requires me to be in front of the computer all the time and when I get home, I still choose to be in front of the computer writing my blogs!

Yet nothing gives me more joy than to write; to see people reading what I’ve written and reacting to it – either in agreement or disagreement.

When I told a co-worker that I’d be resigning because I find my job boring, repetitive and non-challenging, he said, that all jobs in due time become as such.

I beg to disagree. I believe writing as a job will never be boring nor repetitive nor non-challenging. Not unless you write obituaries for a newspaper. But then I believe that there are jobs out there which are not boring or repetitive or non-challenging no matter how many times or eras you do them.

Do you think the hosts of NatGeo documentaries or Discovery Channel Travel shows ever become bored with their jobs? Do you think journalists or international correspondents ever become unchallenged by what they do or find their tasks repetitive?

Point is: There are jobs out there which will constantly challenge you, push you to the edge and require you to constantly change and improve yourself for the better.

And its those jobs that I long to do. I long to have. Some may think I’m crazy. I already have a job that in all respects is easy and does not require too much of me. I go to work, take calls, go home and that’s it. What more could I ask for?

But then I do long for more. I am not made or cut-out for jobs such as this. There are people who appreciate the "static-ness" of it all but I’m not one of them.

I know God made all of use unique and gave each one of us a niche in this world. To go against that plan or to reside in a niche not for you will eventually end up in disappointment, dissatisfaction and disillusionment.

I yearn to find my niche and live life to its fullest!

 

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Post script: Ang hirap pala i-type ang naisulat na. Di na ako sanay. At parang iba din ang writing style. O imagination ko lang un?

Chapter 3

Sabi ni Bob Ong, sino daw ang misteryoso: ang tao na hindi mo alam ang pangalan pero alam mo ang takbo ng isip at talambuhay o ang tao na alam mo ang pangalan, edad, trabaho pero bukod dun eh wala ng iba pa?

I’m afraid I belong to the first category. Sabi nga ng kaibigan ko abnormal daw ako dahil ang taas ng self-disclosure ko. Kapag binasa mo ang blogs ko makikita mo dun ang hinagpis ko sa love life, sa trabaho, sa pamilya, sa pag-aaral at sa kung ano-ano pa. kasabay  nito ang mga opinyon ko sa bagay-bagay na nangyayari sa bansa at sa mundo.

Madami sa kanila ang nagugulat na kaya ko ipagsabi sa buong mundo ang buong kwento at detalye ng buhay ko. Pero siguro kasi kilala nila ako. Maliban sa picture ko na makatotohanan (na papalitan ko na), wala ng iba pang inpormasyon sa blogs ko na makapagsasabi na ako nga ang may akda ng mga yan, na ako nga si A.A.C.G. kilala lang ako bilang elleica. Yun na yun. Wala nga sa blog ko ang phone number ko o edad ko o totoong pangalan ko. Ni pangalan ng kompanya ko wala. Hindi ko rin pinapangalan ang mga tao na nakkwento ko.

So hindi ba misteryoso ako? For all my self-disclosure, am I not mysterious enough? Yes you know my life, but then do you know who I really am – details and all. Kaya nga ang tanong, sino ba ang taong mas nakakakilala sa yo? Ang mga katrabaho mo na alam lang ay ang iyong buong pangalan, address at phone number o ang masugid na taga-basa ng blog ko na alam ang pangyayari sa buhay mo at wala ng iba pa? sino ang totoong may kilala sayo?

Kaya siguro mainam na ibalik ko na lang sa pagiging anonymous, kunwari, ang blog ko. Ibalik ang picture nun anime character sa halip na totoong mukha ko. Iwasan ang links sa blog papunta sa personal social networking sites ko. Siguro iwasan na rin ang links galing sa social networking sites ko patungo sa blog (siguro lang to kasi nakakatulong pa rin sa wide readership ng blog ang links galing facebook, friendster, multiply, plurk at kung ano ano pa).

Nakakaaliw ang internet. Pwede kang makilala na hindi. Pwede kang maging ibang tao na hindi rin. Pwede ka magpanggap. Pwede ka  magpakatotoo sa sarili mo. Oo, nakakaaliw nga ang internet. Wag lang sosobra ang gamit. Magkaka DSL na kami sa mga susunod na araw. Mas madali na ang access sa internet.