Solutions for the Struggling Article Writer

Written by Brandie King


By: Brandie King, Copyright 2004

Are you struggling to come up with new ideas for articles? Whether you are a new or veteran writer, this problem can effectively halt your ability to use this method of promotion. So, to help you overcome this, I have compiled a list of things you can do to find new article ideas.

1. Message Boards Readrepparttar posts at message boards to see what people are interested in. You can then write your article on topics that people already want to know more about.

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2. Discussion Lists This is similar to usingrepparttar 128947 message boards. Just read to see what others are posting about and write articles on those subjects.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hbj_chat/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ideasbypost/ http://www.o-a.com/ http://www.netpreneur.org/connect/am/default.html http://www.i-advertising.com/html/join/join.shtml

3. Surveys You can use a survey to find out what people want to hear more about. There are several places to find people to take your survey. Sendrepparttar 128948 survey to your net contacts, post to discussion groups, post on message boards, put it in your newsletter, or put it up on your website. Offer something of value for free, like an ebook or ecourse, to those who take your survey.

4. Newsletters By subscribing to and reading newsletters, you can find out what is currently popular. Here are a few directories where you can find newsletters.

http://www.newsletter-directory.com/ http://www.ezinehub.com/ http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ http://www.expresslists.com/ http://www.jogena.com/ezine/ezinedata.htm http://www.list-city.com/

5. Keywords Get article ideas by studyingrepparttar 128949 most searched for keywords, which you can find at these sites.

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What is Inspirational?

Written by Staci Stallings


Overrepparttar course ofrepparttar 128945 past ten years,repparttar 128946 inspirational book market has exploded. Thanks to blockbusters likerepparttar 128947 Left Behind series as well asrepparttar 128948 Chicken Soup forrepparttar 128949 Soul series,repparttar 128950 inspirational market has become a major contender for book industry dollars. There are now lines of inspirational romance, and Chicken Soup-esque fare like A Cup of Comfort, Hugs, and God’s Way popping up in bookstores acrossrepparttar 128951 country.

In short, there is no shortage of inspirational reading out there. However, withrepparttar 128952 upsurge in options, a problem has surfaced inrepparttar 128953 inspirational writing community as well as inrepparttar 128954 inspirational reading community. Just what is “inspirational” or “Christian” anyway?

The inspirational romance lines, of course, have well-defined styles set out, and their readership holds them to that style quite securely. Generally speaking, this style is one in whichrepparttar 128955 characters in these books are ultra-Christian. They go to church. They quoterepparttar 128956 Bible. They even have ministers who show up on their doorstep un-summoned atrepparttar 128957 first sign of trouble. They are so straight-laced that recently, authors have been asked to refrain from using preachers as heroes inrepparttar 128958 stories because that has simply been overdone.

There is also a faction ofrepparttar 128959 inspirational market, however, who believes that Christian literature should haverepparttar 128960 leeway to tackle worldly issues such as divorce, abuse, and drug use as well as other such scurrilous topics. They argue that to reachrepparttar 128961 world withrepparttar 128962 message of Christ, inspirational authors must haverepparttar 128963 latitude to write about topics thatrepparttar 128964 world faces on a daily basis, and readers who are clamoring for that type of material should be able to find it.

So who’s right?

Here’srepparttar 128965 surprising answer: Both of them are!

Just as there is a season for everything in God’s Kingdom, so there is a place for both types of inspirational literature inrepparttar 128966 market—whether it be fiction or nonfiction. I must confess that for many years I was firmly entrenched onrepparttar 128967 worldly side of this argument. I argued torepparttar 128968 point of insanity that I hated reading “fluffy Christianity that didn’t tackle real issues.” Then I was givenrepparttar 128969 gift of seeing that all readers are not built alike. Basically, they don’t all want what I want. Some come home from a hard day and want to read about people who makerepparttar 128970 right and Godly choice every time because they see so little of that at work. Some, onrepparttar 128971 other hand, want to come home and read about people just like them who stumble and fall but who ultimately find their way to God and His promises. Neither is wrong. It’s just a question of whatrepparttar 128972 reader wants to read.

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