Do you think I can write?

Lots of small paragraphs was what I didn't like but overall it is ok, and I think you can write

Can you write some articles for me? $2 per article.

Your written English is a lot better structured than a lot of native-English speakers!

I think you are slightly under pricing yourself. You could go on fiverr.com and sell a 400 word article easily, so your rate should be $4 at least, perhaps $1-1.50 per 100 words.

We've discussed this a few times before, haven't we?

With apologies and embarrassment at repeating myself, I'm afraid it stands out a mile from your writing that English isn't your first language. Your article's packed solid with grammatical, idiomatic and stylistic mistakes. Any one of them wouldn't be such a giveaway on its own, but I'm afraid the collective impression they give really isn't a good one at all:-

1. "I will take you by hand" should be "I will take you by the hand".

2. "spoon feed all three concepts in this article" should be "spoon-feed you with all three concepts ..."

3. The next sentence, with the words "if there is no market", has a period after the condition clause with the outcome-clause in the next sentence.

4. "Your efforts will remain in the vein" is completely wrong. First, it's "in vain", not "in the vain". Secondly, "vein" and "vain" are two different words with two different meanings.

5. In the next paragraph, the comma should be after "solutions" rather than after "market" (you're splitting off the wrong part of the sentence at the moment).

6. In the next paragraph, "Sales page has a lot to do" should be "The sales page has a lot to do" or perhaps "Your sales page has a lot do do".

7. Again, in the following paragraph, where you say "This is what sales page should be designed to do", you should refer either to "the sales page" or "your sales page".

8. "Most business file bankruptcy" should be "most businesses file bankruptcy".

9. You've written "than" instead of "then" in the sentence "If only they could have got more prospects than ..." (and you also need a comma after the word "prospects", strictly speaking).

10. The line in bold saying "Three main source of free traffic" should say "Three main sources of free traffic" or even "The three main sources of free traffic".

11. The sentence that says "Getting into the right market will guarantee that there are customers you only need to search for them" should be two separate sentences, or at least have some punctuation-mark after the word "customers": at the moment the words "customers you only need" looks like an expression describing/qualifying the noun "customers".

12. "Creating a right sales page" should be "creating the right sales page".

13. "you’ll be able to create such a product that will dominate almost any niche" should be either "you’ll be able to create such a product that it will dominate almost any niche" or just "you’ll be able to create a product that will dominate almost any niche" (without the word "such").

Please don't imagine I'm listing all these mistakes for the sake of criticising you, Anoop. I like you, and I want to help you. But as I said the last time you asked about here your writing skills in English and whether you should be trying to make a living from them, I honestly think you have something of an uphill struggle on your hands, and I know you have other computer skills which might more readily translate into a viable source of income.

I can only suggest that the people above who are praising your writing and suggesting higher prices haven't actually read it all the way through and just weren't aware that there are 13 mistakes in it, and are trying to be charming and polite to you.

I'm afraid you may be in for some disappointment if you follow their advice.

Sorry! Please excuse my honesty and openness in offering my opinion once again, but people telling you that "your English is better structured than that of a lot of native English speakers" simply don't know what they're talking about and clearly haven't really read your article. Sometimes a more attentive response and some honesty is actually kinder and more useful, in the long run.

(I see one or two of those laudatory posts above mine have suddenly been deleted, now!).

Some constructive advice: I think you should look through the "Warrior for hire" section here, and the equivalent parts of other forums, and write out for yourself a list of everything to which you say "I can do that". And think about marketing those skills instead of your writing. There are hundreds of IM skills needed, for which people pay much higher prices than $2 for a 400-word article. Can you install Wordpress and add plug-ins and fiddle with the title and all that other stuff, for example? I paid a Warrior a whole lot more than $2 to do that, last week. And so on and so forth. You have marketable skills - but you may struggle to earn a lot writing articles in English.

Alexa,

I really appreciate your HONEST and constructive advice/opinions no matter how painful it might be to whoever receives it.

OP, I'm not a native English speaker too but please follow the sincere advice of Alexa Smith and you will never regret that you did. Why?

She is one writer in this forum that I respect so much. Please listen to what she has told you.

Cheers.

I second what King Shiloh said about Alexa. She said everything I would have and more. Her advice is very well worth listening to.

It's hard to take criticism now, but it's even harder to take criticism when it's directed at you from a buyer who wants a refund.

Can you take a hot tech news topic and research it from current articles and write a unique article on it passed by Copyscape and do it in the same day or no more than 24 hrs at that price?

If so, let's get started. Your minor mistakes will be run through the editor (me) and corrected, but your article is pretty good for that price. Email me at suzbuc AT gmail DOT com if this sounds good to you. I need articles quickly for my online tech magazine.

Hey Dude!

Your price is alright but you need to focus more on the content. I found the structure a bit loose and could be better if certain things are kept in mind.

Being Native English or not a big deal. You should know "what and how" to write.

Well, Best Wishes!
~ Fazle

Hmm... I am still confused. some of you say I can some say I can't.

Okay so those of you who think I should not write articles for others
Will you buy a product from a guy whose English is not so good but he is giving jam packed info in his info product.

Also remember I would be writing copy for my product myself.

Does copy with grammatical errors annoys you so much that you won't even buy from that guy?

Alexa is the best - that's all I can say!

Anoopchawla:

I am a professional writer/copy editor/writing coach, and I've seen many native English speakers write worse than what you wrote in that post. Actually, I like the small paragraphs, as they're easier to digest than large ones, especially online.

However, as Alexa was saying, you can tell that you're not a native speaker from the structure of some of your writing.

However, you might want to think about the placement of your "and's" and commas a little more. A quick tip is to place a comma before the word "and" when starting a completely new sentence.

For example:

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and I need to wrap presents before 5:00 this evening.

Comma misuse is one of the biggest problems I run into in editing others' writing or helping them improve theirs. I was looking specifically at one of the sentences you wrote:

"By putting these three aspects in place you’ll be able to create such a product that will dominate almost any niche, and will help you get more time for your family."

The rest of the words after the "and" do not form a complete sentence. Thus, you didn't need the comma.

I could go through the whole article (although I would probably just be duplicating what Alexa did) but I don't want to pick apart your writing, as it's better than a lot I've seen. You mainly need to work on sentence structure and punctuation.

But yes, I believe you CAN write if you work on fixing these problems.

One book I highly recommend is Jensen's Punctuation. Reading this book gave me the most solid, concrete punctuation advice I have ever learned. And most importantly, it stuck with me. In fact, I use the advice I learned in this book every day I write. Here's the link, and no, it's not an affiliate link:

http://www.christianbook.com/jensens...262/pd/6061262

Hope that helps!

Damn, you put in a lot of effort Alexa Smith. I would go with her advise seeing as she is dominating the english language lol.

There really isn't a "yes" or "no" answer to your question. I totally agree with everything that Alexis wrote and, personally, when I commission articles from one of the article directories, I always specify that grammar and syntax are important - so much so that I will request rewrites if there are more than a couple errors. That said, there is a lot of discussion about how good articles need to be as far as their SEO worth and that is the name of the game for a lot of people. I think you can find those who will be happy with your level of quality - especially at that price. You could actually do better and I agree that you should check out some of the article directories.

Best of luck to you and keep writing! That's the way we all end up improving our skills.

Karen

It doesn't feel good to get these kind of comments when you have studied all the stuff out there for 3 years, and all of a sudden you realize you can't make big because of your grammar.

Anyways, I think I should start concentrating on my Indian Handicraft business since other site owners in this market can't even write as good as me.

So I think that wont be a problem in this market.

What say?

Rikki,I understand that you people are trying to help.

I'm gonna answer this from a marketing POV.

You're not trying to get a job as a college English professor - you're trying to sell content.

For the price you're talking about, yes, it's worth it. I know a lot of marketers who would think your writing is a steal even if they have to clean up a bit.

Are they ezine directory ready? No. But as long as you advertise honestly I see no problem.
tiff

Personally, I don't like reading anything from someone who can't write like someone who has English as a native language. It's just that it can be hard to read because your brain gets stuck on the parts with errors while you try to figure out what the person meant to say. Even if the information is good, grammar will usually kill it for me.

Like Alexa was saying, it's not that you write bad but you have grammar errors that stick out like a sore thumb to someone who speaks English as a native language.

There is definitely a market for poorly written articles because some people out there just don't care. You can usually find these people hiring on freelance websites and often look to pay a buck an article.

I wouldn't want to buy any articles that I had to heavily edit because I could write it myself in the same time it would take to heavily edit a poor article.

Definitely focus on your grammar and if you can improve those errors, you should do just fine because your writing style isn't horrible.

Okay, so can anybody suggest me other skill which I can use to make some quick money and has a long term potential too.

Hi there,

You have had a bit of criticism on this thread and I know that must be frustrating but what I noticed in your sample article was that you were trying to write in "conversational" English - and this would be difficult for you because English is your second language.

When I was working in ESL one of the hints I used to give to non-English speakers was to find native English speakers and talk to them - gossip with them. By chatting to English speakers in a conversational or casual way you will learn very quickly how to take your technical knowledge about English and turn it into a working knowledge you can use. It sounds like you have studied how to speak English, but not how to converse in English and this could be why your article does not read as well as it could.

There used to be a site called BuddySchool - I am not sure if they are still operating, where you could pay something like $5 to talk to someone over Skype to practise your English skills. That could help you down the track. With regards to making money now it sounds like you have a lot of other skills you can offer the Warriors that don't involve creating content.

All the best
Lisa

Hi there, I believe anyone can write...but the only problem is to know how to write good articles....that is what I think the first step that an aspiring writer should discover..The steps on how to write good articles since everybody can write...

Anoop

I have a feeling you are indirectly trying to promote your writing services to avoid paying the ad fees.

You should be posting your writing service under "Warriors for Hire".

Wow Alexa I am scared to write anything now Kidding; you are such a genuinely helpful person

Anoop I would like to offer to pay for a 'warrior for hire thread' for you.

It seems you have asked this before so I think you are using this thread to get advice, but also to advertise.

I am not judging at all, because I don't know you or your situation.

Please PM me your paypal account, and I will give you the $20 . My condition is that you pay for it yourself first then post the link here or in a PM and I will reimburse you.

Rikki I am going to get that punctuation book ASAP, thank you I am usually just guessing when it come to punctuation marks based on how It reads.

WHY DID I NOT PAY MORE ATTENTION IN ENGLISH CLASS....