Question to writers - writing difficulty...

Hello, I have been writing articles but they are hard for me. I wrote one yesterday and gave it to articlebase...com I seen it on the internet today with all my links changed to someone else. I am frustrated. I am thinking about getting someone else to write for me that is why I am responding to this post. Thank you for reading.

Definitely agree with this. Plus, it's a lot more enjoyable to write from scratch.

"I've developed my own system for writing new articles, so I find it easier to write them from scratch than to rewrite them. My creativity can be hampered quite a bit when faced with rewriting content and making it unique."

There, I rewrote your post.

I don't know that I consider one way more difficult than the other. Each has its challenges. When writing new content, you have to figure out what you're going to write and how you're going to write it. When rewriting, you need only consider how you're going to rewrite it, which is one less step. It's like your outline is already complete. It may feel more restrictive if the article's outline isn't quite the same as the way you would have outlined it.

Oh, well, just to be contrary... I generally find rewriting much easier than starting from scratch. But some PLR is so dreadfully written or devoid of content that rewriting means creating a whole new article anyway.

Hello there,
All in all, I prefer to start from scratch. To me, it's easier and takes less time than re-writing something else. I'd rather do the research myself so I know things are accurate, and during re-writing I end up doing lots of research anyways.
My writing flows more naturally when starting from scratch.
Just my 2 cents!
Ted

Haha, thanks for the laugh Oxbloom. A pissed off badger is no laughing matter

The only time I think PLR is easier is when I'm just using it as a jumping off point to an article and not exactly re-writing it.

So, I guess in essence, it's easier to start fresh.

Instead of trying to rewrite all the articles completely, get a little creative. Contrary to popular belief, they do not need to be completely rewritten or to be 100% unique. Group by topic, first of all. Then start trying some of these ideas:

• Mix and match from 2-3 articles (or more) to create new ones
• Add a paragraph to the beginning, in the middle and at the end of one
• Rewrite one or two sentences of each paragraph, particularly the first and last.
• Take just part of a PLR article and add on to it, making a new article
• Instead of using them as articles, put several together (that are on the same topic, of course) and create a short report you can give away to subscribers or post on document sharing sites

It should go without saying, but with that many PLR articles, many of them are probably pure crap. Read them and if they totally stink, just trash them.

HTH,
Tina

Andie - big problem. If you have 140k PLR articles - chances are they are poor quality articles.

You are thinking "cheap to hire someone to rewrite PLR" - but what the writer will see is info so general that all they can do is either start over or just move sentences/paragraphs around. No decent writer will take that on.

Now - if you have purchased high quality PLR that might be different. I've done several hundred rewrites for one client - but they were rewrite of very well written, long articles and he paid more for the rewrites than others pay for new articles.

I'm trying explain thoroughly because I want you to understand what you are asking. On freelance sites there has been an influx of "buyers" who think they can game the system. They hire $1-2 articles writers or buy hundreds of PLR articles that have less than no real info - and then they advertise they need a "good quality" writer to "rewrite". Writers don't bite on that lure.

There is a way to use PLR and end up with a halfway decent rewrite. Here's how you do it.

Take 3-5 PLR articles on the same topic and paste them into Word and use Word to get a "summary". Quickly rewrite using the highlight terms of the summarized articles. If you don't like to write from scratch, that might work for you. You end up with one article that, if you are lucky, has some info in it.

You could probably find a writer on elance or here who would be willing to do the process above for $5 for each finished article. Don't know how good they would be - but it can be done.

If you want to do it yourself you can use the same process and have Word produce a summary that is a percentage of the total pasted in it - so 5 articles of 400 words each would be 2000 words pasted into Worddoc - and you might summary at 25% to get a 500 word article that would need minimal editing.

kay

Hi,
Until I came across Unique Article Wizard spinning, I hadn't tried rewriting one of my articles twice in quite this way. The second and third time of writing are definitely more boring and more like hard work. I think the answer depends upon the brief. How close to the original PLR article's meaning and format does it have to be? How much (if any) of the PLR content can remain unchanged?

Having read through what I just wrote, I'm now thinking how much research the PLR would save and I come down on the side of PLR rewrites, against my initial thoughts.

Terry

Since most PLR is rubbish, it takes just as long to do a rewrite as it does to write from scratch. Most of the time, you can't use any of the PLR version anyway, so the writer ends up writing from scratch.

That's been my experience, anyway.

You'll get more mileage and better traffic from 4 well-written articles, than from 140K poorly-rewritten PLR ones.

It's possible to think at 500 words per minute but experts say when you speak the average is 125 words/minute and 175 is top speed.

It's an interesting approach and sounds like it works for them but I think the numbers are a bit off. On the other hand, you did say "spew"

Exactly the point I was going to make. If you have a ton of junk PLR (and, sadly, much of it is), it's going to be tough to rewrite. Most of the uber-cheap PLR is full of fluff instead of research - and it's the research you'll need to rewrite it.

I've had a few clients hire me to rewrite PLR. It's not hard to do IF you have good content to begin with. Otherwise, you're stuck trying to make chicken salad out of, well, you know

Starting from scratch with the desired keywords is most definitely easier. As others have mentioned, some (or a great deal of) PLR, particularly the super cheap PLR, is basically not much more than a lot of fluffy words strung together. That makes it super tough to turn junk into a wonderful article.

When you are putting your name on an article, you really need it written with good, solid, reliable information that will engage the interest of the reader. Unless you obtained really decent PLR, it would be better to write and research from scratch, much less hassle for the writer, and less headaches for you after you get it back.

All this just brings us full circle, pick the keywords, and get a reliable writer to do it from scratch.