Comments on: Can You Write a Quality Article in 20 Minutes? http://prprowess.com/can-you-write-a-quality-article-in-20-minutes/ All things related to public relations, marketing communications and editorial services. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Joe Ferry http://prprowess.com/can-you-write-a-quality-article-in-20-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Joe Ferry Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:48:41 +0000 http://prprowess.com/?p=121#comment-107 Rudi: I've often said if it wasn't for deadlines, I might never get a piece of writing done. I can always go back and make changes to a manuscript no matter how many times I've edited it. Rodger: the problem with good writing is that the finished product looks like it must have been easy to achieve. Ideas flow, imagery is spot-on, language is precise. No one sees the struggle that goes into good writing. No one would ever say building a skyscraper is easy because they can see the work that goes into it. Unfortunately, most people think writers start at the beginning and end at the end. It's not that simple. Thanks for the comments. Rudi: I’ve often said if it wasn’t for deadlines, I might never get a piece of writing done. I can always go back and make changes to a manuscript no matter how many times I’ve edited it.

Rodger: the problem with good writing is that the finished product looks like it must have been easy to achieve. Ideas flow, imagery is spot-on, language is precise. No one sees the struggle that goes into good writing.

No one would ever say building a skyscraper is easy because they can see the work that goes into it. Unfortunately, most people think writers start at the beginning and end at the end.

It’s not that simple.

Thanks for the comments.

]]> By: Rodger Johnson http://prprowess.com/can-you-write-a-quality-article-in-20-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Rodger Johnson Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:50:59 +0000 http://prprowess.com/?p=121#comment-106 Amen! Bro. I don't know how many times I locked my jaw and bit my tongue when my former CEO would say something snide, or off color, or assume writing was easy. It's hard work, a full-time job, a lifestyle. Amen! Bro. I don’t know how many times I locked my jaw and bit my tongue when my former CEO would say something snide, or off color, or assume writing was easy. It’s hard work, a full-time job, a lifestyle.

]]> By: Rudi Lehnert http://prprowess.com/can-you-write-a-quality-article-in-20-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Rudi Lehnert Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:12:49 +0000 http://prprowess.com/?p=121#comment-105 Copyblogger promotes with this advice a Quick & Dirty attitude to blogging. It took me a whole day to write "WordPress BackStage" http://blogorama.eisbrecher.net/2008/09/12/wordpress-backstage/ and it's still not finished. I intend to "finish" (in the web nothing is ever finished) it on sunday evening. Why do I take this much time for an article? Because a good article needs it. Content is King! The article, not the clock tells you when it is well done. For example: When you're in bed with a fine woman you love: you put a clock near the bed or in your head and finish this also in 20 minutes? Copyblogger promotes with this advice a Quick & Dirty attitude to blogging. It took me a whole day to write “WordPress BackStage”

http://blogorama.eisbrecher.net/2008/09/12/wordpress-backstage/

and it’s still not finished. I intend to “finish” (in the web nothing is ever finished) it on sunday evening.

Why do I take this much time for an article? Because a good article needs it. Content is King! The article, not the clock tells you when it is well done.

For example: When you’re in bed with a fine woman you love: you put a clock near the bed or in your head and finish this also in 20 minutes?

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