You Can't Write Enough Defective Articles

You Can't Write Enough Defective Articles
By Dr. Gary S. Goodman

Yesterday, I was talking to an aspiring writer who was lamenting the fact that the distance-learning classes she was taking to improve her writing were a major disappointment.

She was especially pissed-off that her instructor found one of her pieces suspiciously similar, in plot, to a movie that came out in 2005.

My friend rebutted that she wrote her piece in 2002, so she was the actual source of the plot.

I was unsympathetic.

I told her she should learn to write better by writing more!

Why was she submitting stuff she did in 02? Isnt that ancient history?

Nothing, in my opinion, comes close to helping us to improve than crafting as much literature as possible, I said.

Clearly, she didnt want to hear this from me.

She wants to learn THE SECRET to effective writing, the proverbial shortcut, if you will.

There arent any, and those who advertise ways to make a fortune or to become famous in record time, are deceitful, to say the least. Theyre conning people into believing that hard work is an unpleasant investment that writers simply dont have to make.

For arguments sake, lets say youre a novice at writing. What will happen if you compose a great amount of utter garbage?

Youll get rejections, but somewhere along the path, someone will give you valuable feedback. Moreover, youll learn literary techniques and conventions by re-reading the massive output that youve created.

By editing that, youll polish your repository of prose, and youll develop an acute sense of what works and what doesnt.

Youll grow curious about what is being published, and why, and youll note the gap between your stuff and theirs, and then youll be on your way to closing it.

Nothing succeeds like failure, providing you do enough of it!

Best-selling author of 12 books and more than 800 articles, Dr. Gary S. Goodman is considered a foremost expert in telephone effectiveness, customer service, and sales development. A top-rated speaker, seminar leader, and consultant, his clients extend across the organizational spectrum, from the Fortune 1000 to small businesses. He can be reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dr.GaryS.Goodman
http://EzineArticles.com/?You-Cant-Write-Enough-Defective-Articles&id=286155