Content Creation Secrets

There’s one Benjamin Franklin quote that can help an aspiring writer as it had helped me set up a content website and add to my earning from freelance writing.

If you follow the advice in the quote, you may end up with enough material for a blog, ebook or website of your own.

The quote is: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

This is a simple but profound quote that should set any writer going.

The quote will benefit those fond of complaining that they don’t have anything useful to write about.

Such writers should exercise the second option by going out and doing things worth writing about.

One of the things you could do is travel. Many writers focus on travel for their writing material. Think of VS Naipaul and Paul Theroux among others. Their travel experiences, more often than not, result in books.

If you can’t afford the luxury of travel, you can do something small but meaningful, something that others would be eager to know about.

A method you could use is getting hold of a device/gadget that you’re curious about and start exploring it.
In the process of doing so, you will learn some tips and tricks and also meet with problems that will spur you to explore other related areas.

Some twelve years ago I got curious about camcorders and acquired a unit. Now that I was capturing video footage, I began getting interested in how I could remove parts that I don’t want. I also wanted to know how I could add music in lieu of annoying background noises.

Exploring further, I found that I could do it using a video capture device that I could hook to my computer.I went out and acquired one.

Before long, I discovered that the video editing software that came along with it didn’t really meet my needs.
The natural thing to do is explore alternatives. This was an exciting journey which led me to learn things which I would not have learnt if I had not gone out and acquired the camcorder.

The thing is when you set out to explore something you’re curious about, you’ll end up learning many other useful things. This is also a form of travel. You visit a place with preconceived notions about it, but once you’re there, you learn things you never expected to learn.

My digital video exploration led me to acquire enough know-how to set up my own website and later getting paid to write about it for content sites.

Do something worth writing about.

This is Benjamin Franklin’s content creation secret that I use to ensure that I don’t run out of writing material.
If you have not yet done something worth writing about, then go out and start doing something you’re curious about.

Rest assured that you’ll have a long and pleasant content creation journey.