Are you a thoughtful writer or an impulsive writer?
By serenidity
@serenidity (641)
India
August 18, 2008 4:43pm CST
I have observed that whenever I do a lot of research, spend a couple of days sitting on an article and edit it ten times before posting, it never fares well. On the other hand, something I write at the spur of the moment without any research and just one look before posting, turns out better and rates better as well. The conclusion for me seems like I am an impulsive writer more than a thoughtful writer. What kind of writer are you?
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4 responses
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
19 Aug 08
I am a thoughtful writer too. At times I observe the same phenomena like you. I write my article in health and fitness section which requires a lot of research. I write for simple articles from experience too.
@serenidity (641)
• India
20 Aug 08
Those seemingly simple articles are sometimes harder to write than the researched ones, isn't it ?
@aidenofthetower (1814)
• United States
26 Aug 08
I am both. For Helium a lot of articles I write there are off the top of my head. For all of my articles I try to choose topics I already know a lot about. This makes it so that any research I do is to add a tiny bit to what I already know, or to make sure that what I think I know is true. This makes it easier for me to write easy. In the end I think that I do well on the sites that I do using both methods.
I keep a list of article ideas that I add to a lot. Many of these articles have a lot more thought go into them then the articles I write for Helium. After all, Helium is set up a lot differently then many of the other sites I write for.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
18 Aug 08
I'm more of a thoughtful writer. I'm pretty good at organizing things in my head before I put them on paper though. I don't usually have to rewrite much. It's different for work things that take a long time and require research though. Then I'm filling in the details as I get the information.
@serenidity (641)
• India
20 Aug 08
I am so bad at research, I feel sleepy when I have to look for something and write so mostly I stick to topics which are creative.