Excuse #4: I'm Not a Good Writer

Alright…back with another in our list of common excuses.  We've worked our way up to number 4 and it seems like a lot of people have this one.  Hopefully this helps.

Excuse #4: I'm not a good writer

Okay, if this is your excuse, do the following:

Go to EzineArticles.com (or whatever article directory you want to use for this test).  Look at the articles that cover your market.  If you don't have a market yet (or your market isn't listed there for some reason), just pick a category that even slightly interests you…it really doesn't matter for this exercise.  Now, read through the last 5 or 10 articles that were posted. 

Be sure to pay special attention to the general lack of calls-to-action in the resource boxes for most of these articles, the crappy titles for most of them, and other easily-fixed, yet all-too-common mistakes.  You'll know better than this and will already be a step ahead, but that's not the point. 

The point is that as you read these articles, notice that there's not much award-winning writing going on here.  These are just regular folks like you and me for the most part, writing about topics and hopefully driving people to their sites.  Nothing fantastic, just good enough to get the job done, and sometimes even some pretty useful info.

Next…go to your favorite blogs or check out the RSS feeds you're subscribed to.  Nothing all that magical going on there either, right (yes, including my own).  Just regular people writing about their topic, providing valuable info (hopefully).  After all, that's the whole point of a blog, isn't it?

So if this is your excuse, why?  Where are you seeing this award-winning writing online?

It doesn't really take all that much to create some "good enough" articles and blog posts as long as you know a little bit about your topic.  But it can certainly help if you have some tools or resources that make the process of writing easier.

If you'd find it useful to have a tool that takes some of the pain out of the writing process, by showing you how to plan, organize and polish your writing for any topic, I highly suggest this resource which makes article writing a piece of cake. 

I'm fairly comfortable with writing and it still helped me quite a bit.  I'm pretty sure it'll help you too, no matter how good or bad a writer you think you are. 

Oh, and you can use the same strategies for blog posts or just about any other type of content too.

P.S. - Yes, that's an affiliate link.  But since it's a resource I personally use, I feel totally fine recommending it to you.  However, if you're not at the point where writing articles and blog posts is a major part of your strategy (like if you haven't even chosen a market yet), then DO NOT invest in that resource right now.  Just a suggestion.

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