Article Writing 101 - Or How I Wrote 101 Articles in Less Than 100 Days
When EzineArticles came up with the idea of writing 100 articles in 100 days in January, I made the commitment to take up the challenge.
Since gardening is my passion, and I regularly blog about it and submit articles that cover all aspects of gardening, I thought this would be a fairly easy and fun task.
What I found out was that although gardening is an immense field (no pun intended), with almost unlimited topics to write about, I needed to have a structure to follow.
I started out with several articles on a variety of diverse gardening topics.
Soon I discovered this was a fragmented approach - from planting leeks to seed starting and choosing gardening tools, I was all over the place in my thoughts.
So I decided to focus on some more specific topics to write about.
One was composting, an essential task for all gardeners.
Another was to write about greenhouses, since I have been using one for several years.
And a series about my favorite perennials also sounded like another good idea.
By the end of the first week, I started realizing how big this challenge was, so an article about how to handle panic attacks came into being.
That calmed me enough to continue on, and by close to three weeks, I tossed in an article on how to make your writing flow.
By now, I was on a roll.
As February rolled along, and our west coast weather warmed and cleared I started thinking about getting started with my own gardening.
I found that writing was taking up much of my time, and slowly clutter was creeping in to my workspace where research books and note pads were falling off the shelves.
I took time out to write a series of articles about getting organized, decluttering and how our clutter is mostly emotion based.
I also cleared out my own clutter, both mental and physical, and felt much better for it.
All of this freed my mind to focus on a series of articles about landscaping.
Designing and planting gardens is another of my passions.
I've planned and landscaped three homes so far, and loved every minute of it.
Some of the ideas I put into play in my gardens were put to good use with more articles on planning landscaping and choosing plants.
By mid March, I needed to take a break.
My own gardens needed some attention, since weeds were starting to grow and early blooming shrubs were starting to color up.
I took a week away from the keyboard and between spring rains cleaned up my yard.
As I worked, my mind was still churning out ideas for more articles.
How to propagate plants, how to choose the right greenhouse, simple ways to compost and so on.
Today, I have completed all 100 articles, finishing with a flourish with some of my favorite herbs that grow in my two herb gardens and one final article about one of my most precious garden accessories.
And as I shouted out "100 done!", my husband suggested I write one more - the tale of how I wrote 100 articles in 100 days.
This is it.
Since gardening is my passion, and I regularly blog about it and submit articles that cover all aspects of gardening, I thought this would be a fairly easy and fun task.
What I found out was that although gardening is an immense field (no pun intended), with almost unlimited topics to write about, I needed to have a structure to follow.
I started out with several articles on a variety of diverse gardening topics.
Soon I discovered this was a fragmented approach - from planting leeks to seed starting and choosing gardening tools, I was all over the place in my thoughts.
So I decided to focus on some more specific topics to write about.
One was composting, an essential task for all gardeners.
Another was to write about greenhouses, since I have been using one for several years.
And a series about my favorite perennials also sounded like another good idea.
By the end of the first week, I started realizing how big this challenge was, so an article about how to handle panic attacks came into being.
That calmed me enough to continue on, and by close to three weeks, I tossed in an article on how to make your writing flow.
By now, I was on a roll.
As February rolled along, and our west coast weather warmed and cleared I started thinking about getting started with my own gardening.
I found that writing was taking up much of my time, and slowly clutter was creeping in to my workspace where research books and note pads were falling off the shelves.
I took time out to write a series of articles about getting organized, decluttering and how our clutter is mostly emotion based.
I also cleared out my own clutter, both mental and physical, and felt much better for it.
All of this freed my mind to focus on a series of articles about landscaping.
Designing and planting gardens is another of my passions.
I've planned and landscaped three homes so far, and loved every minute of it.
Some of the ideas I put into play in my gardens were put to good use with more articles on planning landscaping and choosing plants.
By mid March, I needed to take a break.
My own gardens needed some attention, since weeds were starting to grow and early blooming shrubs were starting to color up.
I took a week away from the keyboard and between spring rains cleaned up my yard.
As I worked, my mind was still churning out ideas for more articles.
How to propagate plants, how to choose the right greenhouse, simple ways to compost and so on.
Today, I have completed all 100 articles, finishing with a flourish with some of my favorite herbs that grow in my two herb gardens and one final article about one of my most precious garden accessories.
And as I shouted out "100 done!", my husband suggested I write one more - the tale of how I wrote 100 articles in 100 days.
This is it.
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