nomis5 - 12:33 pm on Sep 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

Definitely a good thread.

I can recommend looking for classes on writing for newspapers. I went on one specifically to help me write web articles. It was superb. I occasionally go back to my notes from the classes to refresh my mind on the techniques. It changed me from being totally useless at writing to being mediocre! Mediocre writing is the best I can do so I was pleased.

I'm in the EFV camp, I need to go out to whatever I'm writing about, take pics and make notes. Back home to do the rest. So I definitely don't write every day. In fact the number of words is irrelevant for my subject. I write maybe an article every week, anything between 1,000 to 10,000 words. And as for pictures, they do speak a 1,000 words and they set you apart from the rest of the crowd. They are the method for providing content on the web at a level that a book (at any reasonable cost) cannot provide. To take that picture requires time in many cases, costs you in others, but readers like them. Words and pictures go together on the web sites.