Key Words for SEO Minded Writers

When writing articles and especially blog posts, you want to grab the reader eye and motivate them to read. You also want to help users who are searching for your kind of article. Popularity of blogs and websites becomes laborious without appealing and friendly headlines. Given the need for good SEO in the battle for viewership, those wishing to begin a career writing online need to have tag lines that realize superior online market readership.

This may be the answer - https://www.growthgrasp.com/catchy-words/

A Short Arizona Adventure Tale

 Do You 'Enjoy the Cowboy Genre?

Here is a bit of short fiction to tantalize and instruct. Many readers have a particular niche - and what better way to demonstrate it than in a writing blog.

If you enjoy short fiction writing, start a free blog and let others enjoy your talent. With Blogger you can also apply to monetize through Adsense. 

Dust off you chaps and take a journey back in time to pioneer Arizona.

https://letterpile.com/creative-writing/A-Tiny-Story-Romance-and-Savagery-in-19th-Century-Southwestern-Arizona

Don't forget the sequel below.

Jack and Nell travel from Patagonia AZ toward Harshaw, Arizona and their new homestead. https://letterpile.com/serializations/Apache-Land-Travels-and-Surprises

Recent Help for Writers

During a pandemic, there is a great deal of economic turbulence. And artists have fallen foul of the effects of Covid-19. Recent contributions to hope have made their way to the writers' community.

While scoping the Internet, I came across a number of good articles for professional writers and poets that may help the aspirations of those folks seeing a slide in earnings.

The Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Book Association are all contributing have contributed one time grants from $5000 to $50,000 to support writers.

As a source of inspiration to those who may not know what has been done to bolster the arts, I highly suggest you read this article. No doubt more will be done to boost the spirit of writers.

https://www.pw.org/content/resources_for_writers_in_the_time_of_coronavirus

Older Generation Workout Routine

Useful advice for older citizens wanting to pick up hiking and walking for a fitness hobby.

https://caloriebee.com/workout-routines/Walking-In-Your-Sixties-for-Good-Health

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Just a Sprinkle of Praise Can Encourage Confidence

For more on the subject, see: http://www.iuniverse.com/Resources/Writing-Editing/20WritingTipsfrom12FictionAuthors.aspx

It is strange how the slightest thing can motivate one to write. As a junior in high school, we had an assignment to write a some-thousand word piece imitating one of our favorite authors. I chose to write a story about a boy visiting a lighthouse and being mentored by an old keeper. I thought it was junk by the time I finished, but I had to turn it in; it was an assignment.
It turns out the teacher submitted all of the class papers in a contest and I was awarded 3rd place for fiction. My author was Ernest Hemingway.
Well, to say the least, I was amazed. It wasn't as bad as I thought and it hadn't been that hellish to write. I had no confidence, and that made turning it in a huge problem.

So from there I decided to investigate journalism. I became the assistant editor of my high school newspaper and learned a lot. I enjoyed extremely the trips to the print shop to sit and make sure no mistakes were made, and if they were, correct them. My knack seemed to be writing interesting tidbits to fill unsightly spaces at the end of columns. As I also ran on the school cross-country team, I wrote about that since I had a birds-eye view of the events.

These seem to be small things, but they lend to one's experience, and thus, confidence. By the end of high school, I figured that having writing as a continued goal wasn't necessarily a bad idea.

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Earning Money by Writing? Where's the Beef!

According to http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/breaking-into-fitness-writing , as of March of 2011, these were the rates an individual could expect from writing professionally:

• newspaper articles: $.00–$0.80 a word
• consumer magazines (written for the public): $0.50–$3.00 a word
• trade publications (geared to a specific industry): $0.20–$0.50 a word
• online articles: $0.50–$0.75 a word

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News Aggregations Methods Discussed with Links to Same

We've all read articles that start with, "Webster's defines ....................as...........". That's sad, but in this case it may actually help to clarify the use of the word aggregating in journalism.

As is the case in many professions, it isn't all high glamour. Hospital employees may attest to an interesting surgical case they had on the ward, but the reality is that hours are spent emptying bed pans and answering call lights for pain pills. Such is the life of a journalist, particularly in the video world. But, it can be made as interesting as one wants.

One task which cannot be forgotten is the job of aggregating. News is collected from media outlets and prioritized in a number of ways. It's relevance is considered, it's timing, the outlet providing it, etc. Once news is ranked for a broadcast or print, it can be consolidated in the medium by position in a paper or by its placement in a column of briefs.

Sports Aggregation:
1. Forming by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined
2. A summing, massing , or assembling of particulars; a totaling of a gross amount
3. Bringing together; collecting into one sum, mass, or body

Curating is another word used in the world of journalism for this task. One can curate also for viral news from social media and other sources. For example, there is no shortage of stories about the historical win by Donald Trump in the 2016 national elections. Further, athletic events like the win by the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 World Series can be found with numerous points of view and historical revelations.

For practice, you can anticipate a sports event and key into various social media stories finding unusual and fascinating facts to bring your readers in. If a football playoff is imminent, start looking at the number of times the teams have been in the Superbowl, search for player bios, look at the field stats and history where play is to be, or look for interesting asides about the coaches. There are infinite ways to weave an interesting feature about an upcoming playoff. Newspaper columnists in the sports world frequently reveal unusual background on teams and players. Checkout commentary on video online. Many individual sports enthusiasts have knowledge or perceptions that they are all too willing to share as the excitement of competition approaches. Track down those players and sports movers and shakers who Twitter.

Aggregating news is a skill. and skill is developed with practice.
http://hubpages.com/literature/How-to-Write-Popular-Health-and-Fitness-Evergreen-Articles

http://sports.gunaxin.com/ten-funny-sports-broadcast-voices/39893

http://readwrite.com/2007/07/10/news_aggregation_methods/

It's a "A Long, Lonely Road: Advice To New Writers"

If you want some advice about writing, I encourage you to read David Brin's article. It lays out what to expect when beginning a career in writing.

"Anyway, I believe a person is behooved to help pass success on to those who follow. So, after writing the same answers, over and over, to many letters I received from would-be writers, I decided to put it all together here. Call it a small trove of advice. Mine it for whatever wisdom you may find here..."

I favor point #6 - Learn control over Point Of View, or POV. But 1-10 are worthy of your read and contemplation. 

Don't miss this opportunity to understand the ins and outs of writing.
http://www.davidbrin.com/advice.html

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Facebook Application May Help Content Writers Load and Earn

Here is news about the possibility of  faster loading for content articles, and the chance to create your own ads.
http://blog.marketo.com/2016/03/how-facebook-instant-articles-could-change-the-game-for-content-marketing.html

10 More Tips for You - Writing for Anyone

http://webwisewording.com/web-writing-tips/