Two articles in just over two hours!
By Canellita
@Canellita (12029)
United States
April 23, 2009 2:51pm CST
Why can't every day of writing be like today? I went into the hobbies channel on helium to see if I could find something to write about and finally make enough posts to get my first writing star and low and behold there was a call for something on Easter baskets. I quickly whipped through a few paragraphs and then found another simple title for Mardi Gras costumes. Neither of which required a huge amount of thought and before long I had my 400+ words ready to go.
Hooray!
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11 responses
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
23 Apr 09
I'm so envious of your writing star. LOL. I can't seem to get one from Helium. I have 25 articles and the ones that are in with a lot of other articles seem to be doing okay. I just can't seem to get the star. I'm not trying to hard because AC works best for me. I would just like to conquer(?) both sites to say I have.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
24 Apr 09
Maybe I misunderstood. I thought sure the site said in order to start earning you have to get a rating star by submitting four articles.
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
24 Apr 09
You have to have a rating star to earn and probably write four articles. I don't know what there rules are now they have changed them so much. I have a rating star although it is getting ready to disappear. The writing star seems to be out of my grasp. I had one for a couple of days I should have printed the screen. LOL I am an AC fan so my concentration is there. I seem to be doing really well. Everyone says it's just what works best for you. I would like both of them to work for me. lol
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
24 Apr 09
I went back and read helium's rating and badges section and frankly I find them to be full of you know what. Rather than see all my effort wasted I went back and added three more articles that were "competitive" and now I'll wait and see what happens.
It really bugs me that this system is based on other people reading and rating your work. It's not as if the reader can rate the article, it has to be done through the random system that helium has and who knows how long it would take for your article to come up or how often other writers sit and rate. I mean who has time for that?
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@OceanZealot (484)
• United States
23 Apr 09
Congrats! It is a great feeling when you can just spout out a couple of articles. It makes you feel like your writing mind is back. That's why I joined myLot, to spark the inspiration and encouragement to simply WRITE. Isn't that just the hardest thing? Typing out those first few sentences?
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
23 Apr 09
Tell me about it! MyLot has totally helped kick my brain back into gear! I am good with the first few sentences and sometimes even the first couple paragraphs and then the challenge begins, lol. I have a list of "in progress" items in my computers articles folder.
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@swatig (1183)
• India
28 Apr 09
Congrats, for your writing skills. as i tried a lot but not attain this much speed in writing as not getting enough thought about the topic. i have many project of aritcles related but i have to give to another writer because i have to full fill client time requirement also. while in some occasion i write the best but not always. if you have already ready articles with you, then let us know. we will buy some of them.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
28 Apr 09
What kind of articles do you and your clients look for?
@Heartbreaker08 (684)
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26 Apr 09
Thats great, it is so good when you cna pump out the articles, It normally takes me over an hour to research and write one article, but on the odd day I am able to write one in 25 minutes or so. I visited your helium profile yesterday and see you just need to get that one writing star by the end of the month to receive upfront payments on your competitive titles. I have three writing stars at the minute and if I can submit another 13 and maintain my writing star then I will get $2 for each upfront and $3 for each empty title. All the earnings add up. I am sure I wont get that fourth star by thursday but should get it in May sometime. I am trying to write alot now to count towards my next month, June upfront payment bonus.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
27 Apr 09
I have been taking to heart the tips in your articles and Scheng1's and I've started posting more competitive articles and spending more time rating. I am pleased to see one of my articles rose up in rank very quickly so I guess there is a benefit to writing to titles that have articles in them already after all.
@dolphin2406 (1224)
• Poland
26 Jul 09
Wow that is great Canellita! I have become too lazy to start writing and in fact I don't do any writing tasks now. Well if you stay on this track you'll have more stars. Good luck with that!
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
26 Jul 09
Thanks! I was frustrated with it in the beginning but I was encouraged to stick with it and now I am earning from my page views. I am trying to work toward my fourth writing star now.
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
25 Jul 09
He he canellita, I was just kidding lol. Yeah the English usage makes some difference but I feel as I am an English Language and Linguistic teacher I should not have that problem of usage since we come across different usage while teaching and reading in the college.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
25 Jul 09
Why Rajib, what would make you think I get irritated with you when we have never even met?
I think sometimes this internet based communication is misleading since people often have an emotional reaction to what they read but can not always gauge the emotional intent behind words that are not spoken orally.
I think it is even more difficult when people from different cultures and especially when they speak different languages because there is a greater possibility of misinterpretation. Your English usage is different from mine so at times we are not always communicating as well but I think for the most part it works.
Thanks for the writing compliment!
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@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
24 Apr 09
Good for you. At times it is easy to write articles that way. Not everyday. I have written an article in about 40 min and that has helped me earn almost 32$ in pageviews. So no one can guess anything. Sometimes our writings work and sometimes it does not.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
24 Apr 09
that is absolutely great, I am also doing a writing assignment as well. I have 10 articles worth 4 dollars each to do on health insurance, I did five on the self-employed and now I have 5 left on personal health insurance.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
24 Apr 09
You are certainly keeping busy! I went from very few to almost a dozen on helium overnight after I realized I had to post competing articles. What a drag! Who wants to reinvent the wheel? I found a few things I realized I had something to say about and I guess now I am finally eligible for a frigging writing star. (Sigh)
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
24 Apr 09
Good for you. You are very articulate so it doesn't surprise me that you came up with two awesome articles in that short of time. I don't belong to helium, and don't know much about it, but is there a way that a person can view the articles without being a member?
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@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
25 Apr 09
wow wtg sounds like you were busy that day
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@xandercordy1 (296)
• United States
25 Apr 09
Congratulations on your writing star. I know I was so excited when I got my first writing star at Helium. And great work - two articles in two hours is really good.
I have been going through a dry spell. I have had so many worries in real life that I have been unable to even concentrate on writing. I have not written any articles at Helium or Associated Content and have not even written any more chapters on my fanfiction.
The longer I stay away from writing, the harder it seems to be to get back in the saddle, per se. Maybe I should do like you did. Go to Helium and see if there is anything there that interests me that I can write about. Once I start writing, maybe my brain will start functioning again.
Congratulations again and hope you earn many more stars in the future.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
28 Apr 09
Oddly enough I find that when I start from scratch my ideas come in fragments and when I find a helium title that already has articles to contribute to I sometimes am able to crank out one of my own fairly quickly.