How do people rewrite articles?

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I know they look at the original text and rewrite them...but do they own two computers one to look at the original and one to type on?

I cannot imagine them going to and forth each time? Or is that what they do? I need help please...
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  • Profile picture of the author kudu
    Probably use a single word document and work through it - making changes as they go along. I don't really see the need of having 2 computers for this.
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  • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
    I would imagine that different writers have different methods they all use. Some may have the article, and have only it up and work on it from there.

    Some may actually use real pen and paper while having the original on the screen.

    Some may have two windows open with the original in one window and the re-write in another and just toggle between the two.

    If someone has two side-by-side monitors, they may indeed do just that.

    I think it really is about a writer's preference.


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  • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
    Along with what Terra and Kudos suggested, I'll add what I do.

    I open a Word document, and in another window, I copy what I find relevant, then paste it into my Word document. That cuts my going back and forth down.

    Once everything is in my Word, then I'll work through it and put it in my own words. I do a lot of research on things I no nothing about, so I will have a good feel of the subject before attempting to write about it. That helps me to make my articles sound more natural.

    Good luck!

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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by Khemosabi View Post

      Along with what Terra and Kudos suggested, I'll add what I do.

      I open a Word document, and in another window, I copy what I find relevant, then paste it into my Word document. That cuts my going back and forth down.

      Once everything is in my Word, then I'll work through it and put it in my own words. I do a lot of research on things I no nothing about, so I will have a good feel of the subject before attempting to write about it. That helps me to make my articles sound more natural.

      Good luck!

      ~ Theresa
      You made me laugh, lol!

      You named kudu as kudos. I'll take the kudos, though. :p

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      • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        You made me laugh, lol!

        You named kudu as kudos. I'll take the kudos, though. :p

        Terra
        Oh Crap!!! Soooo sorry kudu!!!

        @Terra... kudos to you for catching that! IMADOOFUS!
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    • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
      Originally Posted by Khemosabi View Post

      I do a lot of research on things I no nothing about, so I will have a good feel of the subject before attempting to write about it.
      If you need to do research with rewrites you're doing it wrong The advantage of rewrites is that you can skip the research part, otherwise you could as well write from scratch. Just my $0.02
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      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
        Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

        If you need to do research with rewrites you're doing it wrong The advantage of rewrites is that you can skip the research part, otherwise you could as well write from scratch. Just my $0.02
        I'm not sure I agree with that George. If I'm going to be putting my name on something and it's a subject I know little to nothing about, I certainly would do some research first to at least verify the information I'm rewriting is correct.

        If it is a topic I already am very knowledgeable in, then yes, of course, what you said.

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      • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
        Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

        If you need to do research with rewrites you're doing it wrong The advantage of rewrites is that you can skip the research part, otherwise you could as well write from scratch. Just my $0.02
        I see what you're saying here. I should have made myself a little clearer.

        However, if you see that I made a mistake in typing "kudos" instead of "kudu", if I had done my research, then I wouldn't have goofed!
        But, point well taken!

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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    When I do rewrites I copy/paste the original article into Word first and then rewrite within the same document, per each paragraph and then delete underneath from the original what I already finished. There might be better ways to do it but that's how I do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author competent123
    if you know two languages - read it in one language, and write it in another, most of the time you will have a proper rewritten copy of the article skipping the research page = faster.

    it would be much faster and easier to hire someone to write articles for you though, at least the article will be unique.
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  • Profile picture of the author a17ddt
    I have had success with voice recording software.

    Have the original article in front of you and just adlib as you read through it. The software will transcribe it for you. You can get about 7 or 8 articles an hour rewritten like this.

    Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Please excuse my mentioning (with absolutely no intention at all of hijacking the thread ) that a far more significant, more interesting and more important question is why people re-write articles.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Please excuse my mentioning (with absolutely no intention at all of hijacking the thread ) that a far more significant, more interesting and more important question is why people re-write articles.
      Maybe they offer a rewriting service and have clients who don't write very well, but find it less expensive to have an article rewritten as opposed to hiring a writer to write an original article.

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    • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Please excuse my mentioning (with absolutely no intention at all of hijacking the thread ) that a far more significant, more interesting and more important question is why people re-write articles.
      OOPS! Looks like I threw some of us under the bus, well, at least I threw myself.
      I don't re-write articles, I do, at times write articles. However, if you are writing an article, you researched the information somewhere.. right? :confused:
      That was what I meant by re-writing.

      EDIT: When I am writing any article, I use the process I stated in my above post. DISCLAIMER: I only use that process to remember what I find relevant to my article, and then, and ONLY then, do I type it out in my own words.

      >man, this is a tough crowd<

      I did take Dan's advise, however I had to "re-write" it. I am deathly allergic to nuts, so I used a bowl of watermelon. Little pieces of watermelon that I have soaked in vodka for days. Now, admittedly, watermelon schnapps would have been my preference, but I find that vodka doesn't get my keyboard all sticky.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by Khemosabi View Post

        However, if you are writing an article, you researched the information somewhere.. right? :confused:
        That was what I meant by re-writing.
        I knew you did ... but - uncharitable skepchick that I am - I was a little more concerned about what the OP might possibly have meant.

        Originally Posted by Khemosabi View Post

        >man, this is a tough crowd<
        True, true ...

        Originally Posted by Khemosabi View Post

        watermelon schnapps would have been my preference
        Watermelon? As they say on Amazon, people who ordered that also tried and liked Bajtra ...
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        • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Watermelon? As they say on Amazon, people who ordered that also tried and liked Bajtra ...
          Bajtra? OOOHHH, I'm all in!

          For Joshua and any others who are reading. I'm going to probably make a few of you unhappy here.
          When writing ANYTHING... for your list, your blog, website.. et al. Make it your own!!! Whether you are using PLR, MMR, or just plain copy and pasting, it really is a waste of time.

          What I mean by this is, adding value is just that! VALUE.. think about that. Value added to your work, is value added to your bottom line.

          Ok, that's my marketing .02 for the day! I'm off to Amazon to order some Bajtra, then email Dan.. I'm on his Lame List, and haven't received any technical support like in forever! I'm supposing his fingers are stuck to his keyboard. :rolleyes:

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          • Profile picture of the author drive2248
            I did a search on Amazon for "Bajtra" and they don't know what I'm talking about. What the %&*)$$ is Bajtra?
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Please excuse my mentioning (with absolutely no intention at all of hijacking the thread ) that a far more significant, more interesting and more important question is why people re-write articles.

      I don't rewrite articles, but I have been known to write my sales copy while looking at someone else's sales copy.
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      • Profile picture of the author fin
        Originally Posted by tpw View Post

        I don't rewrite articles, but I have been known to write my sales copy while looking at someone else's sales copy.
        This.

        And I've also been known to rewrite my own article a few times.

        I definitely wouldn't advise rewriting an an actual article, op, because stealing is dirty.
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    • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Please excuse my mentioning (with absolutely no intention at all of hijacking the thread ) that a far more significant, more interesting and more important question is why people re-write articles.
      Alexa, you are an experienced marketer, why are you asking this?

      Fun aside, it's more a client and economical thing. Clients usually get better prices ordering "rewrites" as opposed to "from scratch" writing since the common assumption exists that rewrites are "easier" and "faster".

      From a CERTAIN perspective, that is correct. Say, if I rewrite an article about a topic I don't know too much about I always have the original article in front of me where I get the gist of what the article is actually about.

      I do not need to conduct an hour research about, say, brain surgery, real estate, plasma physics or whatever since...well...the fundament of the article-to-be is already right in in front of me. The "art" now of course is to rewrite in a way that the article is as different from the original article as possible while, if possible staying, factual. (By the way, news media tc. do this all the time. Most newspapers, news websites etc. have very few sources, sometimes only one: press agencies. The rest is "rewriting" one and the same story they get from major press agencies to give them their own individual spin, add stuff to it etc.) CNN, MSNBC etc..etc.. often work off the same little snipped from an agency to create their own "unique" news.

      From a broader point of view, many "articles" are in fact "sort of" rewrites although many people might not realize it. It is as simple as that certain topics PER SE are just similar to each other where it really becomes irrelevant whether an article is rewritten or "written from scratch".

      Or in other words:

      Someone orders an article about

      A Decade Of Exciting Developments In Plasma Physics In the UK


      Now...chances are you will do plenty of research since no human being is born with that knowledge, agree? Therefore, your article, to some extent, will be a rewrite or in some way reflect existing information, there is simply no way around it. At some point it becomes more or less irrelevant whether it is "rewritten" or you made a "new" article based on a number of existing publications.

      In addition to that, aside from that research required for SOME types of articles is reduced, I want to clear up one common misconception which actually bugs me:

      Rewriting as such is not "easier" or faster or "less work" as compared to writing from scratch. I can write a "simple" article, say, about "Holiday Rentals In Spain" in the same speed from scratch as rewriting an existing one. In fact, if I were to rewrite such an article the rewrite would actually take longer since I need to keep with the original rather than "quick and easy" writing.

      In the majority of cases clients are NOT correct if they for some bizarre reasons believe that a rewrite would be 'worth' only a fraction of a new write, the work/effort for the majority of articles is (almost) the same.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

        Alexa, you are an experienced marketer, why are you asking this?
        They're not so good, when you have to explain them.

        It was ironic, Georg.

        I've worked online both as a full-time article writer/seller (a long time ago), and now as a full-time article marketer, and I've never needed to "re-write an article", myself, and I never will. I was trying - without offending anyone - subtly to suggest that many (I won't say "all", of course) people who re-write articles fall into one of two extremely misguided groups ...

        (i) People who don't understand the difference between duplicate content and syndicated content and mistakenly imagine that "making content unique" before they submit it elsewhere is going to avoid some sort of mythical "duplicate content penalty" or somehow make the backlinks worth more than if they were all attached to the same exact text (I know it's absolutely loopy, obviously, but there honestly are people who believe that) ... ;

        (ii) People who are producing "their own" article by copying someone else's, not appreciating that "derivative works" breach the original author's copyright, i.e. content thieves trying to hide their tracks from authors and search engines by changing all the wording, or employing a writer to do that dirty (and illegal) work for them .

        And besides, how else was I going to get Bajtra into the conversation?
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        • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post


          (ii) People who are producing "their own" article by copying someone else's, not appreciating that "derivative works" breach the original author's copyright, i.e. content thieves trying to hide their tracks from authors and search engines by changing all the wording, or employing a writer to do that dirty (and illegal) work for them .
          Yes this is a common argument, but please think about what I said that almost any article, to some extent, is a rewrite. (Hey, yesterday I found out this is actually a Hemingway quote

          By the way, the majority of my clients are NOT handing me a copy/paste article from ezine and then want a rewrite...the usual process is that they have their own cheap writers (which is an entire different story now) who produce content which is THEN used for either rewrites or spins. (Depending what the client wants). The copyright question does therefore not even come up. Another percentage has me write an initial article first.

          That you use the word "illegal" is kind of funny because even in such cases where an existing, already published article will be rewritten, what on Earth makes this "illegal"?

          Say..I would write an article now about Fatal Accident at Texas Six Flag Amusement Park, whatever, I will have some initial articles in front of me which i use to gather the facts, obviously, since I cannot pull the information out of my ***.

          Do me favor and go to 20 news sites and compare the articles about the roller coaster accident, you will see that they're in essence all the same, simply because they are reporting about the same thing, they are indeed *rewrites*.

          Mind you, we're not talking about rewriting The Lord of The Rings here which obviously would be a silly thing to do since you cannot just "change the words" and keep the story and say it's a new book. But there is nothing wrong doing this for press-release style/news articles, the stuff marketers normally require.
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  • Profile picture of the author shaneburgess
    I use two monitors to edit code side by side. It is actually tough for me to do it without two monitors now.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Some writers realize that it's far easier and quicker to write original stuff than struggle with trying to rewrite something. :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmyvanilla
    I just open notepad and have it floating over the top of the article I'm rewriting.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    I don't know how everyone else does it, but here's what I do:

    1. I take a pen and paper and copy the article down. I usually use white lined paper to make it easier.

    2. Then I take some whiteout and white out the words I don't want to use. Sure, it would probably be easier if I used a pencil in the first place and erased the words but I keep forgetting to buy one.

    3. Then I take another piece of paper and another pen and copy all the words I want to use from the first piece of paper to the second, filling in the blanks with new words.

    4. Then, I type the new article into my word processor on the computer.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      No, no, no. You only need two computers if you are running DOS 3.3 or earlier. If you have any GUI-based operating system, such as Windows or Mac OS X, you only need a computer. You could even get away with Windows 3.1 or Mac OS 2.0 if need be.

      I'll try to explain the process for you. Here's what you are going to need:
      1.) One computer with a graphical user interface.

      2.) A word processing application such as Word or Pages. Alternatively, you could use a plain text editor too.

      3.) A desk or table on which to place the computer at a comfortable viewing and working angle. Prop the monitor or keyboard up with books or a folded-up sweater if need be.

      4.) A stack of paper. Used or unused, doesn't matter.

      5.) A open trash can. If yours has a lid, remove it, unless it's one of those swinging lids that swings real easy. Then you can leave it on.

      6.) A jar of peanut butter. If you're allergic, maybe Nutella or something instead.

      7.) A knife or spoon. If you don't have silverware, you'll need to use your fingers so, in that case, you'll want a moist towel or some paper towels handy. Or sit at the kitchen counter near the sink. Be flexible and adapt.

      8.) A can of silly string.

      9.) The articles you want rewritten.
      Okay, now that you have assembled everything, it's time to sit down, crack your knuckles and get to work.

      First, choose an article to rewrite. Make sure it's not copyrighted because by rewriting a copyrighted article, you are creating a derivative work which would constitute copyright infringement if you don't have permission to do this. Copyright infringement could result in penalties starting around $50,000 or so. So, best to avoid that, unless you have that kind of money to throw around which, frankly, I'm guessing you don't, otherwise you'd be paying people to rewrite articles for you.

      Okay, now that you've chosen your article to rewrite, which is likely a PLR article that you purchased directly from the writer as opposed to some vague package of PLR where you have no idea where the articles even came from or if they even are PLR and not just copyrighted articles someone decided to swipe along the way and resell to unsuspecting buyers as PLR, you'll want to open that article in a window in your text editor or word processor.

      Now here's the tricky part which is going to require some manual dexterity. You need to create a second--that's right--a second text editing window or word processing document. This is where you'll rewrite the article. This next part may take some practice but eventually you'll get the hang of it and could probably do it in your sleep. What you do is move and resize both document windows so you can have the original article and the rewritten article document window side by side! It may seem unbelievable, but it can be done. You can do them side by side horizontally or vertically, as to your preference. Most people choose vertically but it's your choice.

      Now, stick the knife or spoon or your finger in the peanut butter (or Nutella) jar and reward yourself with a nice chunk of peanut butter (or Nutella). Mmm. Tasty. Naturally, if you're allergic, don't do this. Substitute jam or marmalade or something. Maybe some Vegemite or hummus. It's all up to you.

      Make sure the cursor is in the rewritten article document window and begin rewriting the article.

      Mind you, you may occasionally have difficulty coming up with just the right way to rewrite something, especially when trying to maintain your own voice as well as effectively convey the information that the reader needs to be able to digest. When stuck, just grab some of the sheets of paper, wad them into a ball and shoot baskets, using the trash can as the basket. This helps relax your mind a bit and prevent overthinking things. The creative juices will begin flowing again in no time, especially if you can manage to score ten points in a row without missing. Try it. It really works!

      As you go through rewriting the article, doubts may form in your mind. This is natural. Sometimes, you doubt your own writing ability. In that case, just relax and try to imagine yourself explaining it to a friend as opposed to pounding out letters on a keyboard. That's all.

      The other kind of doubt is a little more tricky. You may begin to doubt whether the PLR writer knew what they were talking about. Did they have any knowledge of the subject? If so, how were they educated? Self-taught? In the field? Formal education? Was the school accredited? Was their education any good? Did they learn from outdated materials? Or, what if they weren't knowledgeable at all on the subject? How good was their research? How reliable were the sources? Were their sources other articles whose writers used bad sources? Who or what were the sources? You don't know? You have no idea the sources they used? You have no idea of their breadth of knowledge or lack thereof? You have no idea whether they actually researched anything or just made stuff up that sounded good?

      Gee whiz. This is kind of worrisome. You can't rewrite articles from copyrighted sources as previously mentioned and you really have no idea the value (if any) of the research that went into a PLR article. No matter how well-written your article may be, you'd still be passing along information that may not be reliable or accurate or even safe! Is that the kind of information you want to pass along to your readers? Is that the kind of information you want to use to try to build trust with your readers?

      Think of what happens after you've set yourself up as an expert and it comes to light that some advice or information you've passed along turns out to be totally inaccurate, maybe even dangerous! How will you explain yourself? Will you tell everyone you were never an expert? You were just pretending? You just rewrote articles you ASSUMED were reliable? You were just trying to make an easy buck and had no concern for their financial well-being? Their general well-being? No concern for them at all? Will you admit that?

      At this point, it may be a good idea to release your frustrations. Grab the can of silly string and run outside (if this is legal in your area), spraying it everywhere (in your own yard, please), ranting and raving about how you're mad as heck and you're not going to take it anymore and argh! And ARGH! And avast ye scurvy knaves! Blow me down and tickle my pegs! And Oh, vey, what was I ever thinking?

      Then run back inside, ditch the articles to be rewritten and write your own from scratch, doing research from credible sources if need be.

      Easy as 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 105820974944592307816406286...!
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      • Profile picture of the author Brian Tayler
        Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert View Post

        No, no, no. You only need two computers if you are running DOS 3.3 or earlier. If you have any GUI-based operating system, such as Windows or Mac OS X, you only need a computer. You could even get away with Windows 3.1 or Mac OS 2.0 if need be.

        I'll try to explain the process for you. Here's what you are going to need:

        .....

        Then run back inside, ditch the articles to be rewritten and write your own from scratch, doing research from credible sources if need be.

        Easy as 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 105820974944592307816406286...!
        Quite literally the funniest and yet most accurate post I've read in a long time. Definitely in my top 5 of all time
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    • Profile picture of the author ronr
      What's a pen.... and paper I think I remember what that is

      If I tried to use it now I couldn't read my own writing.



      Originally Posted by cashcow View Post

      I don't know how everyone else does it, but here's what I do:

      1. I take a pen and paper and copy the article down. I usually use white lined paper to make it easier.

      2. Then I take some whiteout and white out the words I don't want to use. Sure, it would probably be easier if I used a pencil in the first place and erased the words but I keep forgetting to buy one.

      3. Then I take another piece of paper and another pen and copy all the words I want to use from the first piece of paper to the second, filling in the blanks with new words.

      4. Then, I type the new article into my word processor on the computer.
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  • Profile picture of the author BobTheBostonian
    why people re-write articles

    There's this really hot product on Clickbank right now talking about how you can turn rocks into any food that you want. I've determined that there is a market for it, and that it would convert very well if I build the right content around it. I have two choices:

    1. Create a content plan from scratch.

    2. See what the rest of the niche, the product owner, and other people in the niche have written. Essentially, let other people "test" content ideas for me. I cherry pick what works best and then rewrite it. But I don't simply rewrite, which is why this:

    If you need to do research with rewrites you're doing it wrong

    Is false. All I need to do to leapfrog the competition is outwork and out-research them. Fairly simple when looking at the people that try affiliate marketing online. It even creates a built-in credibility factor. I can point to the exact piece that I've rewritten and say: "You wanna buy from this guy? He hasn't even done all the legwork on the necessary research."

    My job's not to invent the wheel. My job's to have the best design. Let other people do the grunt work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernest Simon
    Perfectly fits my 15.6'' screen.
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  • Profile picture of the author flovin
    Well said Dan C. Rinnert. Well writte. totally agree.
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  • Profile picture of the author EPoltrack77
    Read it untill you understand it and then re-write in your own words. Unless your trying to add spin variations. Beware though that google has picked up on spun content. Take the time to do your own work or outsource it. It takes a little longer but the quality is better and today in 2013 its not about keyword volume anymore but more about strategy.
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  • Profile picture of the author owais211
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    Different people use different methods.
    But a common one is "Share windows side by side"
    Need to try this?Left click on the task bar with already opened documents and you will have an option of share windows side by side.
    When you click on it,you will have your screen with all windows opened side by side and you can work on them simultaneously.
    Hope this could be of help,no much experience.
    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author scfc16
    I cannot talk about other people. However, when I rewrite an article for a client I copy and paste the content from the web to the word doc I am writing on. I then reword the content and make sure it passes in copyscape.com
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  • Profile picture of the author DeborahDera
    I have a dual monitor setup, so I have the original on one screen and my new document on another.

    Before that, I used to print the old to look at while typing the new.



    Originally Posted by Joshua P View Post

    I know they look at the original text and rewrite them...but do they own two computers one to look at the original and one to type on?

    I cannot imagine them going to and forth each time? Or is that what they do? I need help please...
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  • Profile picture of the author Murphysmurfy
    You could just print the article out....

    Or have two monitors....

    Or actually read and comprehend the information inorder to put your own spin on "said information"....
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  • Profile picture of the author RoseHunt
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    Well I usually open the original article, leave some space and then start rewriting it. Once I finish I just delete the original article leaving the rewritten one. It's much easier than having two documents opened at the same time.
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  • Profile picture of the author dvm3
    Can't believe nobody has mentioned using spinning software. Makes it really easy. Just use the free version of SpinnerChief. Set it to spin on sentence level but instead of the software spinning it, just hit the Tab key to highlight an entire sentence, manually rewrite it in the box below, and Tab again. Easy peezy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Writer Army
    I think it's always best to just write original content. It might take a bit more time but the effort is well worth it for your business. If you are writing an article from multiple websites you can try using multiple monitors to view more than one source at a time.

    Originally Posted by Joshua P View Post

    I know they look at the original text and rewrite them...but do they own two computers one to look at the original and one to type on?

    I cannot imagine them going to and forth each time? Or is that what they do? I need help please...
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      I've been known to rewrite my own stuff to fit specific audiences, different media, or just because I want something different.

      Before I added a second monitor, I used the tiled windows method. Both work.
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  • Profile picture of the author ParkerArrow
    If you don't have the screen real estate, just make the original article a red font and under each para write a new para in a black font. Then cut and paste the black paras together.

    By the way slanting articles for multiple publications is a proud journalistic tradition.
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  • Profile picture of the author zahanega
    You can rewrite it yourself manually (which takes time and effort to make sure you don't change the meaning of what the article was trying to say) or you can use a software which offers to you a variety of synonyms as you go along replacing your words.
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    • Profile picture of the author Earn.cx
      Originally Posted by zahanega View Post

      You can rewrite it yourself manually (which takes time and effort to make sure you don't change the meaning of what the article was trying to say) or you can use a software which offers to you a variety of synonyms as you go along replacing your words.
      Zahanega is right

      Thebestspinner is an example of a good rewriting software that works well
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  • Profile picture of the author extrememan
    I've done it in the past. I copy the article in word and open a new word document. I rewrite in my own words referring to the article at the same time. Takes me about 35 mins or so...
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  • Profile picture of the author vinness
    I've done this a few times for a client. And yes, rewriting is far more difficult than building one from scratch. So how do you do it? If you are spinning in a sentence level, read the original text per sentence then rewrite it based on your own understanding. Do this until you reached the end of the article.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Great Gordino
    some people may be looking at rewrites of PLR they have purchased.
    One good way is to imagine you are explaining the content to someone over the phone - that not only gives a conversational style, it gives *your* conversational style.
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  • Profile picture of the author vikash_kumar
    My recommendation is "The Best Spinner" Software.

    Here you can see both versions (Earlier and fresh one) at a single window. The software can also help you in suggesting synonyms of words which is very handy when it comes to re-writing.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Some people will take the whole article and then add it to a word document.

    Then separate each sentence and re-write each one in their own words. If I re-write articles, this is how I would do it.

    Some people will hire people to do it like that because I have seen this in the past.

    There are even softwares out there that do the re-writing for you.
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