Constant Content

In trying to step up my writing and aim for higher quality articles, I've been doing tons of reading and research, and learning about things like clarity and conciseness... It is becoming very time consuming to constantly change, change, and change my articles, but I'm hoping that spending the extra time now will pay off in the long run. Mind you, I am enjoying being able to watch my articles transform into something better... and I'm surprising myself at how different my writing becomes as I push past the usual style that I write in.

Sadly, my current projects will definitely not be of a high dollar per hour value lol... though I'm guessing by trying to improve my skills, these ideas will flow more naturally as I write, so that later I will be able to produce better pieces in a shorter time. Please tell me this is true, for I'd like to know these writing muscles aren't flexing in vain :)

It'll be worth it. Consider it an investment in yourself.

That's a good way to think of it :)

You were also right when you said we could probably cut out 20-30% of our words if we tried. I made a note of my original word count, and it did drop by that amount. Amazing! Now I'm imagining how much time I could have saved had all the articles I've read over the years been written in this manner.

If you want some REALLY good training on how to pare things down and shave off words, write for eHow. The barer the better there. Really gives you a swift kick in the bippy, and gives you a fresh perspective on how wordy your own (referring to my own) writing can get... :)

Crikeeeeeeeeee.

Honestly though, I don't understand why I get so very verbose when writing, since I hardly say a peep in person. :D
Maybe if I spoke out loud more, I'd write less.

:D