I Hate Writing...

That rant right there was 350 some words. Take your other forum rants and you love to write.

When you're sitting down to write just pretend you're going off on a forum rant.

LOL

At least a couple of you recognized that I actually love to write.

For those who missed it, my point is that if you want to sell anything online, all that is required of you is to communicate the benefits of your offer to your prospective customers...

And if you can take the time to rant on the forum in a way that makes sense to people, then you have the pre-requisite knowledge to be able to communicate the benefits of your offer to your audience.

I hate writing too. After awhile, it makes my hand cramp up. Typing or talking, on the other hand...

You want to meet Bill in a car park, after midnight and you'll charge $398?

Jeez, Bill can find ladies in car parks for less than that in Oklahoma.

(Did I just say that?)

Edit: I now realize the first post was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I'm having a sort of... dead to rights day so I'm going to blame that for missing it. But I'll leave this. Maybe it will help someone who really is getting stuck.

I heard you can try like... reverse osmosis? What's that called? Put your forehead up to the computer screen and all the great ideas in your head will instantly translate themselves into products that make you money!

Gosh I wish it were that easy. I think we should all start worrying about computer AI when that happens, though.

Want to know a secret? Those of us who make our livelihood writing? We hate it too.

I mean, maybe that's just me, but writing out this, that, and the other day after day after day does become tedious. I have days where I feel completely paralyzed to write anything, but I still have to do it.

Try to look at it another way. I imagine you're used to structured writing that has to be a certain way and absolutely perfect on the first go or it's just not worth your time. That's what we're all taught, for some reason.

Why not try free writing? That's essentially what we do in forum posts, isn't it? We have a topic, and we just type almost stream of consciousness until our thoughts are expressed in regards to that topic. Then we scan and proof, and submit.

Just try this for even 5 minutes on something you have to write "professionally" for your business. You may still hate it. One method certainly can't work miracles. But at least you'll get something down.

Podcasts suck too.

I have two disadvantages with any audio presentation, be it in video or podcast form:

1. I am from Oklahoma and I have an Okie accent; and
2. I recently had all of my teeth removed, and since I have had complications after the fact, I cannot yet where my dentures. So now I sound like I am from Arkansas.

You lost me :confused:

So you are happy about this fact, so that you can cash in? Ok.

Well, the problem with the interwebs is that things can be misconstrued in their meanings. I'm a sarcastic person by nature, so sometimes I sound meaner in my writing than I intend to be. Heh.

The problem with people saying they can't write or won't write, isn't that they can't, it's the fact that they are lazy butts who want someone to do it for them. I'm a huge advocate of using Dragon for those type of people. Most of us dictate faster than we can type. Alas, my PC does not have enough memory for DNS, so I comprised and got a super duper keyboard.

I enjoy writing myself, I've always been creative and like you won contests and sometimes even got my work in the local paper. It's fun, but as I said you need the right mindset for it.

Writing in your native language is easy (if you offer something that is worth of talking), try to write in other languages, quite bad if your native isn't English.

I take your Okie accent and raise you my Anglo-American accent. Neither side of the pond understands anything I say :p

I hate writing so much that this reply is actually reworked PLR

I type 110 WPM at peak. Speed is not my problem. I don't think most people who struggle with writing have that as a primary issue, either. Writing can be tedious, especially about topics that need considerable research. I'd make a killing writing if I could figure out how to outsource my research.

I've lived in Arkansas all my life, and people have been asking me where I'm for as long as I can remember. Guess I'm just "lucky?"

Good advice...

So you are saying that I should focus on continuing to be the best writer I can be? :p

So you are a copywriter, instead of a copyreader? :p

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

- Sholem Asch

..and for my next WSO: How to outsource for the price of a few cat treats. Never work again, let your demonic little furball do it all.