Writing articles for a website? You can get more traffic and sales if you can avoid these mistakes.
Even top writers seem to commit these grave mistakes.
So make the effort to understand how these mistakes come about, and how to avoid them.
Mistake 1: Run-on sentences.
When you write with run-on sentences, clear messages become rants.
What are rants? Rants are really useless chatter that you include in your article.
You are just wasting the reader's time by ranting.
For others to see you as a writing expert, avoid going off-topic with useless rants.
You can avoid this problem by using shorter sentences.
Mistake 2: Trying to impress instead of trying to communicate.
A piece of writing is essentially a communication tool.
You are trying to convey some important messages.
Many writers try to impress by using complicated words.
As a result, their readers have a hard time trying to figure out the key messages in the article.
You can use a few rarely used words every now and then, but avoid using complex words for the entire article (unless all your readers are Harvard graduates or professors).
Mistake 3: Being perfect.
Many writers spend a lot of time going over their writing again and again in an attempt to create a perfect piece of writing.
Stop trying to be perfect! Strive to offer quality content written in a simple and well presented manner.
Your immediate goal is to be productive.
Go through the articles a couple of times to try and catch glaring mistakes.
You can always correct minor mistakes at a later date.