Very Competitive Title "Can Money Buy Happiness and Love"

Thanks for your encouragement. Most people think negatively on submitting to such competitive titles. Agree that it is a good chance to polish writing skill. I have written and submitted the article. Right now it ranks 47/138. I have 7 leapfrogs available. I let it steam for a few days and see how it goes. I guess a new writer needs a platform like Helium to sharpen writing skills. I will look out for those titles with more than 100 articles, write to it, learn to swim and float to the top. Thanks again for your encouragement.

haha Gwapako, you do have a very strong opinion and I respect that you take your stand. Hope you can find happiness and love wherever you go. To be honest, I am not in the position to say a Yes or No. I have never been rich enough to use money to buy or try to buy love or happiness. I have also never been poor enough to say anything about it. In history, there are accounts of people poor enough and desperate enough to sell their own flesh and blood for money. So for them, money is more important than love for their own children. And money can buy happiness, and possibly love (at least prevent them from selling their own children).

No, it's not a debate article. I dont think first hand personal experience is possible. I mean, out of 137 writers, how many are rich enough to buy love and happiness? This article is not asking about how to buy love and happiness with money, it is more of an opinion piece. This title is in Society and Lifestyle Morals, Values and Norms Economic Values. So it's more a moral debate and this kind of topic is usually very easy to write to, since there is no absolute right or wrong. Having said that, with 137 competing articles, it really is very hard to present a new perspective to appeal to readers.

Yes, agree with you. I'm still at infancy stage, it's very risky to complete with all the writers for this topic. My grammar is really very bad, there are some writers who take the trouble to edit for me, else the article will really sink to the bottom. I guess only an article with unique perspective can attract viewers and rank to the top. I think about it, maybe not now. This title is really very competitive. Those mylotters who commented above are helpful in a sense, they show how popular a topic of love and money can be. Some of them feel about it very strongly.

"If money can't buy love, then you don't know where to shop"what I mean.hehehe!

i agree with you, this all are just words to express feelings money can't buy happiness, but without money we can't do anything, we can't help, we can't support our family, till everything is depend on money, yes we need a decent money to live in this world. Thank you

Actually if the question is changed to "Can we find happiness and love without money?" Maybe most people will hesitate, and not answer in such absolute term. Many people still marry for money, still sacrifice their family for money, yet nearly all of us will say money cannot buy happiness and love. If lack of money can destroy love and happiness, then does it mean that money can buy happiness and love? Anyway I'm not qualified to answer, haven't been rich enough to buy happiness and love.

Hi Art, thanks for the support. My baby has moved a bit higher, #30 now. There is one more article submitted after me, so that a total of 139 in the title now. #30 is still not an ideal position. I plan to give it a day or two, let it stabilise, then decide whether to leapfrog or not. The only other time I submitted to a very competitive title is under Humor. That baby is 29/188. Creative articles are not eligible for upfront payment, that's why I'm not so concerned. Before writing for this article, I had submitted an article under "Finding the Meaning of life", it is currently in the top position. After this baby reached the top, I noticed the writing score jump from 82% to 89%. We should listen to Paid2Write, take up the challenge, write a few articles in very competitive titles to polish our writing skills. After the "baptism by fire", we can write anything we like and it will be of a high quality.

No, not really interested, thanx anyways. Just thought I'd give some off the wall advice!

Hi Mzz663, are you familiar with Helium? If you are not, you wont understand the dilemma. The title appeals to me, as it had appealed to all the 137 writers, and it appealed to all the readers who checked on the articles. The fear of writing in this competitive title is the ranking. No point writing an article and has it ranked 120 out of 137. Unlikely to get attention from the readers. I am a very happy person, feel rich in many different areas, have family and friends who loved me and whom I loved. I am not afraid of getting old, since I am so happy that I can never be lonely. As a 35 years old professional woman, I do not even see the need for applying make-up, all my colleagues and friends accept me for who I am, and loved me for the person I am. I do not "buy" love and happiness, because there is no need to do so. Anyway I had submitted the article, it has move up the rank to 30/139. Take a look at it if you are interested.