Did you ever watch MASH? Remember that episode where Hawkeye was trying to fix that whatever it was and Nurse Kelleye told him that the cam with the flange goes in the groove with the tube? You remember that, right? Well, you’re probably thinking, “What the devil does that have to do with article writing?” Well, it has everything to do with it. So if you’ll hang in there, I’m going to explain. I think you will find this interesting reading.

In the MASH episode that I’m talking about, a particular procedure had to be done in order to get that, whatever it was, to work. And the funny thing was, even after Kelleye told Hawkeye EXACTLY what to do, he didn’t know how to do it. He didn’t know his cam from his flange OR his groove from his tube, let alone know where to put them all. It was a total mess and ultimately, Kelleye had to do it for him. Thus it is with some article writers. They don’t know their cam from their flange OR their groove from their tube.

More specifically, they don’t know a good title from a bad one, a good intro from a bad one, a good summary from a bad one and heaven knows they wouldn’t know well written content if it bit them on the backside. Talk about cams and flanges and grooves and tubes being all over the place with nothing fitting correctly. No wonder so many article writers can’t find freelancing jobs. People take one look at their examples and run for the hills. You’d think we were under attack from Martians.

Okay, so how do you get to the point where you know your cams, flanges and whatever? Well, there are two ways to go about it that I know. The one way is to get a formal education. Go learn how to write articles. I’m sure somewhere on this planet you can find an article writing course. Another way is to study the masters. If you go to the top article directories online and look at the articles that are most viewed, you will probably learn a heck of a lot from reading the works of these authors. And it won’t cost you a dime.

Bottom line is this. Unless you understand your craft, you’re not going to be a successful article writer. Oh I know, some people say it’s just pure talent. It isn’t. There are structures to writing that you need to learn. They don’t come from a hole in the wall. They come from learning and doing. So make sure you know your cam from your flange and your groove from your tube.

You might just turn into one heck of an article writer.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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