MKTG2032 Links Post 16: Advice and Guides for Writing

Putting hands to keyboard (or pen to paper) and getting started requires a few techniques

• A Short Guide to Writing 4+ Large Resource Articles Each Month | Performancing.com
  a guide to dealing with creating content, deep content and maintaining a decent schedule
• 5 Steps to Write Effective Articles in Less Time
  Another guide for getting content written, and the advice here can translate into dealing with assignments and other written tasks.
• Getting Writing Done: How to Stop Thinking About It and Write | Copyblogger
  Copyblogger’s guide to getting on with the writing. Yes, I know, I post this *after* the first assessment item. Still, you have other projects to work on don’t you?
• Advice for Students: How NOT to Plagiarize - Lifehack.org
  Counter plagiarism by being creative and original. Here’s some advice, from the obvious to the more complex, on how to avoid the AUTOFAIL through copying unattributed work.

There’s two mantra I use for my writing - “It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be” and “You can’t edit a blank page”. Both are attached to the writing PC’s monitor to remind me that I don’t have to make the first draft a final draft, and the edit process won’t start until after the first draft. It’s worked for me to produce a lot of words on short order time frames over the past 10 years.