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Countless articles purport to teach writers how to write, and I've contributed my share. Some, like those matchbook covers that are trolling for artists ask: Do you have what it takes to be a writer? In other words, do you have the "write" stuff? It wasn't until the other night, when I was watching one of those quirky TV channels with a lot of drug advertising that I stumbled upon something quite pertinent to answering this question, but often overlooked. It might unlock the secret about who can crank out a ton of work and who will have to settle for coming up with dribs and drabs, says best-selling author and top keynote speaker, Dr. Gary S. Goodman.

There are a number of reasons people write articles and post them at Ezines. (1) Ego: It's always nice to see your name in print, and I never tire of it! (2) Marketing. This is the official reason many write, whether it brings business in or not. (3) Practice: Writers write; it's what we do, and Ezines let us refine our abilities. But there's even a more tangible reason to write, and I'll share it with you. If the average article you write is 500 words, and you craft only 100 of them, you'll have enough text for one non-fiction book. Today, publishers look for 50,000 words, and you'll be able to give it to them, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, top speaker and Fortune 1000 consultant, best-selling author of 12 books and over 600 articles.

If you have ever wanted to write but didn't know what you had to do to present your material so that it would make it to press you will find some help here in this series of instructional articles. Follow along as I give you tips and tricks from an author, columnist, and editor's point of view.

A well know Ezine publisher encourages would be writers in an article he penned, himself. Noting how well a few authors did with their inaugural articles, he sanguinely predicts that "If their readership stays constant" they'll rack up hundreds of thousands of readers during the next year, without submitting any additional pieces. That's viral marketing at its best, right? What he didn't say is that he is selling a perpetual motion machine. This device has been "invented" hundreds of times in history, and it promises the same thing. Once you get it started, there's no stopping it! It will run by itself, say its promoters. "Hogwash!" says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, best-selling author of 12 books, over 600 articles, and top keynore speaker and Fortune 1000 consultant.

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