{"id":10040,"date":"2016-07-16T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2016-07-16T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T22:30:24","slug":"article-writing-success-depends-on-quality-of-insights-not-word-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/article-writing-success-depends-on-quality-of-insights-not-word-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Article Writing Success Depends On Quality of Insights - Not Word Count!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across a blog post by a famous writer\/thought leader that was MUCH less than 200 words - yet still communicated powerfully useful and life-changing insights.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By way of interest, the author is one who readily churns out write-ups over 2,000 words long, with deeply impactful messages. So it's not like he has difficulty writing long pieces.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>That fact lends credence to the view I've always had, that one can make his\/her own rules in any chosen vocation.<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You don't have to stick with any particular format or formula all the time. Not even those recommended by experts or so called Gurus.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is because YOU are a unique human being, and your thought processes are peculiar to you - different from what any other person is capable of.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, when you diligently apply yourself to a thinking-dependent activity like writing, there will be times when your original thoughts come in a manner that demands they be penned \"as is\". No padding or fluff. Just the raw -even if comparatively brief - form.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><blockquote>Here's why you need not resist this impulse if\/when it comes upon you...<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You see sometimes it won't be the number of words you write and publish that counts. Instead it will be the quality of insights contained in them!<\/blockquote><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My advice: don't hold back, if you feel the urge to share - publish your new thoughts and ideas in your blog, and help more of your target audience find their way to success.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They'll be grateful to you for it!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><B>Having said the above, it goes without saying that you need to apply due diligence in putting the ideas I've shared here to use.<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deciding how brief (or wordy) any of your writeups should be, will ideally be influenced by YOUR sound understanding of your target audience, and your intended purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remember: even the rules can be broken by you, if need be, to achieve your goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PS: This article would NOT be complete, if I did not share the less than 200 word insightful article by the author I mentioned at the start of this piece. There is a lot you can learn from reading it. <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2016\/07\/the-second-time-you-create-that-breakthrough.html\" target=\"blank\">So click here to do so now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I wish you well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across a blog post by a famous writer\/thought leader that was MUCH less than 200 words - yet still communicated powerfully useful and life-changing insights. \u00a0 By way of interest, the author is one who readily churns out write-ups over 2,000 words long, with deeply impactful messages. So it's not like he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1375,266,1440,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excel-vb-solutions","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-recommended-websites-articles","category-writingblogging"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":697,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10043,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions\/10043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}