Article Production and SWS Stop Watch Systems for Online Authors

Article Production and SWS - Stop Watch Systems for Online Authors
By L. Winslow

How long does it take you to write an article for an online article submission website? Some have floated the idea of keeping a stop watch by their desk to time themselves and use the clock to keep your mind focused and to get the words to flow out of your mind, through your fingers and onto that key board.

Is it possible to average 20-30 minutes per article? Indeed it is and let me explain way. So far into this article I have spent 4-minutes and writing as I type. I am not worrying about the sentence structure yet, I will work on that when I am completed through an editing process.

That's right I said process because we are talking about production of online articles. Obviously the more articles you write and put online the more people will read them and perhaps choose to click on the link below in your by-line.

It is very possible to write a decent 350 - 400 word article in 10 minutes and edit in another 5 - 6 minutes, no problem. I have found when I try to keep the total under ten minutes that the articles come out a little screwy. So far now I am into this article for about 6 minutes, and perhaps this gives you a better idea of the time factor.

Now I believe it is best to think in terms of 45 minutes and under then when you get better go for 30 minutes and when you get really good you can handle 20-25, but I will tell you it takes a lot of practice to stay consistently under 20 minutes. You can do it when you are in the zone, but the trick is consistency too. This article is not completed and it is 300 words approximately and just for the sake of argument, I will do not editing as an example of what can be done to help you think about this theory of SWS - Article Production. (350 words - written and posted in 10 minutes w/ no editing as an example).

L. Winslow is a Writer and Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.

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