How to Write About Anything And Write it Well

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”— Sylvia Plath

Being able to write about any topic makes you an adept content creator. One that can deliver quality projects for different clients. You’d be able to step into more doors of writing opportunities and work for more clients if you can create content for various topics and niches.

And you don’t need to be extraordinarily talented or to have different qualifications before you can write in different niches. All that’s required of you is to do a good job of anything you write about. Because What’s worth writing is worth writing well.

But like Sylvia Plath aptly said, the worst enemy to creativity is Self-doubt. Self-doubt has limited the creative abilities of many talented writers. It succeeded in keeping some writers glued to one spot where they only write the kind of pieces they feel comfortable to write about.

But you’d never understand that you’re limitless until you start sticking your pen in other writing paths.

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So How Do You Go About it?

Start by picking a topic. Be clear about what you’re going to write about. Doing this would help you to know how you’re going to organize everything for the piece. You’d eliminate information and viewpoints that would bring ambiguity to the piece and gather only what’s necessary.

When you’re clear with what you’re writing about, you’d focus on filling the post with the important points. Your writing will be clean, easy to read and understand.

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Don’t Skip The Outline.

Next would be the outline. The outline points you in the direction you’re heading. It helps you to know the necessary things you need for the piece and the extent you’re going to go to complete it.

The outline of your writing is like the map of a journey you’re about to embark on. And as the map makes getting to your destination less stressful, the outline likewise makes the writing task less stressful by guiding and showing you only what you’re going to cover.

You might find yourself writing more than you intended to write if you write without an outline. But starting with the outline will enable you to go straight into what you are going to write about, and stay within that limit until the writing is completed. It saves time. It helps the writer to only focus on writing what’s necessary.

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Research is Overly Important

Use research to widen your viewpoints. Research the current trends on the topic. Explore the right avenues to obtain news, studies, and issues about your chosen writing task.

Focus on finding out if there’s a new way of handling the challenges that people are facing in this topic. Or tips that would guide people to solve problems.

Ask yourself, how’s the current trend about this topic going to help you create an engaging story with lots of insight for the reader?

Your research should be geared towards gathering the necessary information to enrich your post and make it worth reading.

You’re a writer and you can write whatever you want to write. But to write it well, you have to do some research so you can arm yourself with knowledge and insight about the writing task. Doing so would enable you to write an interesting piece backed up by proven information that would benefit readers.

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Learn From Those Ahead of You.

When you’re reading a piece written by a writer you admire, chances are that you’d like to learn a few things about how this person writes. And the things you need to keep doing to become a top-notch writer.

You can emulate how they write their introductions or how they conclude their pieces. You can also check what they’ve written about recently or in the past and identify what they didn’t cover in those pieces. Anything they didn’t cover might provide you with a good topic to explore and write for your readers.

Writers learn from each other. And if you must learn, learn from the best. You’re not going to copy or rehash any of their work and repost as yours. Rather you’re going to glean some insight from their experience that would help you grow your writing career.

Also learning from experienced writers in any niche you’re going to write about would help you understand the right way to present your ideas to readers. And how to write pieces that engage and convert a reader to an avid follower or happy customer.

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Have a Compelling Takeaway.

Content creators create content that solves problems. Their content informs, guides, and helps readers to bring their various needs, desires, and goals to manifestation. You have to be certain that the takeaway is viable because it’s going to engender readers to come back for more or go elsewhere in search of an insightful piece that would give them what they seek.

Use readers’ comments and feedback to discern their thoughts, needs, desires, and challenges. And write articles that would present tips and solutions to their various needs.

Find out what readers want to learn by reading comments on similar posts or videos. There are clues everywhere. Don’t start writing without having something uniquely good to share.

Remember there are many giant players, thus you’d want to make a good impression so your piece can be seen in the sea of many other pieces. You can make a good first impression by using a compelling takeaway to make reading your piece a rewarding experience for readers.

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Conclusion

There are cons to being a versatile writer. One is that you’d have more topics to write about and write them well. The second is that it’d help you gain more clients. Because when you’re confident of writing about any topic, you’d become more confident and eager to tackle any writing task.

Writing in different niches allows you to stretch your writing muscle. Also, a freelance writer that’s well versed in different niches is more prepared to effectively handle any writing task than a writer that only writes in one niche.

Writing is difficult but awesome. It’s why writers are very creative, bold, and daring. Their creative mind won’t let them rest. It’d always show them tiny ideas to turn into interesting stories.

Go for it if you’re thinking of writing in different niches.

Free yourself from the chords of self-doubt by starting and finishing your first writing task. Start with a clear headline. Write down the outline. Do your research and write away!

This story was previously published on medium by the same author.