10 Reasons to Write Better: Writing... And One of Them is About Making Money?

Why do we as writers write? I sometimes think we want money or something else, but really it is to give something back, advice, or helping others with relationships, or fostering them with readers.

I admit sometimes it is about money, and sometimes about improving our own writing, but really most people write and begin to write better because there is a big reason for it. They learn about the thing known to us as content.

I love reasons, and I love to list them, as often as I can, so here is the reason list ten reasons to write better. it's and either for yourself or for others, and they are in no particular order. Just "tossing them out there."

Actually Care What You're Writing About: Sure I could write a hundred different hubs but if I don't care what I'm writing just trying to get them out there, they won't be good. I also think that writing about what you know at least something about is important, yes you can have a differing idea, but if the writer of said hub can make a good argument, and you can see the passion in what they write then, we can say you know what you're writing about and you care. This means writing your best and spell check once in a while ,(trying to go back and fix mine...) the most powerful hubs will be evergreen, but they all share one thing: passion and caring, and voice and everything that makes a great writer. Or as we can all say right now: good content.

Making the Reader Want to Read: This is a simple one, but for some reason hard to get. We all want people to read our hubs. Sometimes we get lightening in a bottle and it works, and sometimes we get the greatest hub in the world and no one reads it. Make Your reader want to read it. If you get comments and reply to them it will work even better. Part of what makes the reader wan tot read is, repeat after me Content. Content.  Got that Content.  A Few backlinks certainly won't hurt, but Content is a major factor.

Sometimes It IS about the Money: Sometimes, I know, it is about the money, you get what payed for. If it's your freelance career or your writing career what is a better reason to write better than a bit of money? sometime, yes it is about the money. You need to walk a fine line with this one, but by working towards a goal, then you are going to end up getting something: usually money. if can combine a great content rich hub with a small ego and money, then it will work for you.

It's not about Nothing: Only on a comedy can a show be about nothing, your writing must be, for the online world, content rich. Same as with the "normal" reading world, which is bit by bit going towards the electronic print. It also means that you are thinking about what the reader wants, or what your audience wants. ESP is helpful but not needed. Understanding is far more important. Just look at content and ask "Is this something I would read again and again? or is it something I am doing for money or for fame or numbers?"  If you can't answer these questions it is time to Not publish.

You can Fool Me Once... But Not Twice: If you don't know say so, but don't every think that people won't figure it out. Dohn121 pointed that out very well on one of my other hubs, you can say anything you like, even in fiction, but don't expect people to come back, so work on becoming a writer So when you take some time and care about the reader, then you might find some good news coming your way.

If you Assume that the reader is Smarter than you, you'll write better: This is simple. I believe in writing to an audience who is smart, well read, have millions of idea, and are frankly smarter than I am. This isn't a downer, but a way to motivate myself. Editing better working on my hub longer. Thinking about comments. Interaction with others, and of course improving my content.  One negative comment is worth more than you know, provided it's not a personal attack, and that they have a great point. It is vital to writing better to find out where things aren't going right.

People will thank you for it:I go back to some of my hubs simply to make sure they sound better. I don't mind doing this so long as it helps others. if it gets a better google rating as well, that would be nice. (thanks to the commenter that "google" is spelled that way) Admitting your mistakes helps, and while don't bend in the wind being a bit flexible can make you be a better writer. By default this means you write better.

If you don't write better, you'll never get better as a writer: It's about the challenge in this one. You need to write long hours each day to become a better writer, and you need to write better to make the effort worthwhile. Take Duchess O'Blunt or Dohn121, they must spend more time on their work... well, I spend a lot and i think it's getting better.  so you want to write better it really means going back and doing it again.

All the books in the Universe won't help if you don't write: You can spend so much money on how to books, but if you don't write, you'll never get better. One of the challenges of writing better is well, writing. Boy can we come up with hundreds of reasons why we can't write on this day.

Relax, Have a Bit of Fun, and Remember, it is Writing Better and Publishing... well you have written a hub right?:Think of it this way, when you write a hub, or when you publish it and comment on it, people will notice and will see you published something. Face it it may not get you noticed by google or Random house, but you can say you are published, you could even call it self-publishing. But still it is fun writing a hub and it does help you write better, so why not try it with your own work?

There you have it, ten rather large reasons to write better, now what do you think?