Creating High Quality Content Faster Than Wile E. Coyote

bysasselin

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Updated 9 years ago

Several years ago I had to take a "personality" test to determine my sales personality for a coach I hired. The results where interesting - and accurate. About four months later the company i was working for had me take the same test only from a different company. I figured I could fool the test.

Surprise - the test fooled me. The results were almost identical. And no, they did not have identifying info to say it was me. I checked.

The results from both test revealed two surprising traits concerning me. First, I have a tendency to over prepare. Second, I had learned to compensate for other weak areas that, if left alone, would have a negative impact upon my abilities to perform.

Wow! And were those test accurate!

Are you having problems creating content for your web site? Maybe you are trying to write an e-book. No matter what you are doing, there’s a way you can write more content, with higher quality, FASTER!

Stay with me here. I have actual documentation to say that I am someone who will over prepare for a presentation. And I still fight that - daily. I am sure many of you do as well.

I also have the documentation to show that I can adapt myself to change to meet the desired outcome. And you can as well.

Hang around for a moment as I explain three points that you can try and follow in order to produce some great content that people will actually want to read.

1. Decide why you are writing before you start

Before you even begin to write anything you should decide what you want the reader to do by the end of the article. If you are writing a post and you want the reader to click on your affiliate link at the end, keep that in mind.

When you have a purpose for the writing from the outset, it will allow you to build up to this "purpose" in a way that your writing more persuasive and it is more natural. Your reader is less likely to click the affiliate link or sign up for your email list if your writing has taken their thoughts in a totally different direction from your purpose.

2. Write in short bursts

Have you ever said If I sit in front of the computer long enough, my article will happen eventually? Or worse yet, have you ever had that feeling that you sat in front of the computer for hours and wasted the day because you didn’t accomplish anything? I have, and so has many of you.

Anytime you are having problems creating content, try to do it in bursts. Just sit down at the computer for 10 minutes and write as much as you can. Set the timer next as an incentive to avoid distractions.

When your timer goes off, get up and reward yourself with a quick stretch. Maybe take a quick check of your emails or Facebook. Get a cup of coffee or tea. Then settle back down for another 10 minutes. You’ll be amazed how much easier this can make your writing.

3. Stop self-correcting

The death of quickly creating content is self-correction. The time for correction is during the proofing phase of your work. It should not be done "on the fly" or as you go.

I just started a few months ago, and it has taken me "forever" to write posts or articles. I decided to write an e-books, and it seems to be taking forever.

Everyone can relate to this - You write a sentence, sometimes just a few words, and then you start hitting the delete or backspace key. Then you re-type, but that’s not quite right either, so more banging on the delete or backspace key. More frustration which then leads to more lack of results.

You had all these great ideas about what you could write! Now that you’re sitting at your computer, you just can’t seem to get anything done. What's the solution?

You need to just write. Forget about the mistakes for now. You can go back and correct them later. Just get all the thoughts you have down as you are having them.

When you correct as you go, it can take a couple of hours to write 250 words. If you just get the thoughts out, and correct them later, 250 words takes about 10 – 15 minutes.

There is also another bonus by doing this. Your writing will be more natural. I have found that it usually sounds better when I haven’t self-corrected along the way, then do my "proof" read through later.

I have had to learn to adapt - again. I still struggle as this is new. However, when I make these three points a habit in my writing, I find I am able to pump out high quality content almost as fast as the road runner when Wile E Coyote is chasing him - almost.

Let me know what you think or share your tricks to writing high quality content quickly below.

Scott