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Supreme Court Justice, Potter Stewart, emphasized the difficulty in determining what constitutes obscenity when he said, “I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material…but I know it when I see it.”

In similar context, what constitutes good writing is often difficult to express in exact words.  Simply put, one knows good writing when they read it.  After all, anyone can put words to a page, and, tragically, they too often do.  Thus, bad writing, which is every bit as impossible to define as the good, is also readily identified when seen.

The challenge for the consumer, in this case the reader, is to separate the good from the bad.  Typically, this has been the function of editors and publishers: of all the manuscripts and articles submitted for publication only a mere 10 percent will see print.  Given this system, consumers may assume that a book from a notable publisher is going to be good, as the goal of the publisher is to make a profit.  Even so, there is no guarantee that one is going to like every book they purchase.  This is perhaps best demonstrated by the fact that 70 percent of published books do not generate a profit.
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Comment on high traffic blogs- If nobody’s reading the blog then it’s safe to say that nobody is reading your comments either.  There are only so many hours in a day so if you’re commenting simply for the purpose of helping to send readers to your blog then you need to maximize your results.  I’m not saying to stop reading blogs you enjoy just because they don’t have a lot of readers, that would be foolish.

Be quick with the comments-  The very, very popular blogs get hundreds and thousands of pages worth of comments.  Most people will only read through the first couple of comments or the first page or two at most.  After that, they tend to either reply to comments or just post their own to the end.

Respond to other comments-  If your comment’s going to be lost in a sea of comments then reply to one of the early comments on the page.  You’ll have a much better chance of being noticed than you will by being comment number 2321 out of 4204.
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Of all the tips that the top bloggers that I spoke with gave me, only one was mentioned by each and every blogger.  Comment on other people’s blogs.  It may sound overused but the importance of this cannot be understated at all.

I ran accross an experiment that was done by a blogger named Caroline on a completely different service.  It was done over the course of a month and the results were striking.

Over the course of the month Caroline had around 700 new visitors to her blog just from leaving comments on other people’s blogs.

The key is not to run around spamming other blogs like some sort of noob spammer just dying to get kicked off of myspace but to actually contribute to the conversations already happening.  The traffic then comes from other readers wanting to see who this person is leaving the insightful/humorous replies.

Of course some will argue that 700 visitors isn’t a lot of traffic per month from the activity of commenting on blogs - but when you start to think of it in terms of converting views to subscribers then it takes on a whole new meaning.  If you can add 4-5 new loyal readers per day to your blog over the course of a year it adds up to thousands of new readers.

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Write 4-5 times a week-  Keeping in mind that you’re not always going to feel creative or have anything interesting to talk about.  That means that you need to stockpile your ideas from the times when those juices really are flowing.

Keep your posts entertaining-  Even your mother doesn’t care that you slept in late and then had some kind of breakfasty food for lunch.  Not unless you’re still living in her basement in which case your blog should be about the perils and adventures of job hunting.

Ask Questions in your blog-  This will encourage comments to which you will…
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The more I read how the successful authors do it, the more I realize that, like successful people in all walks of life, they all do things in common that contribute enormously to their success. So how can we learn from successful authors to ensure our own success in 2008 and beyond?

We can start by adopting what I call “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Authors”. Adopt these 7 habits and you just may find that 2008 is the year you break through your own writing barriers!

1. Write about something you care about.

Whether you are writing fiction or non fiction, it is imperative you write about something you care about. The successful authors have some emotional connection to their content or story. If you are writing fiction, then write from a place of emotional familiarity. Your genuine experience will come through in your writing and your readers will connect with that. If you are writing a non fiction piece, choose a topic you are passionate or enthusiastic about. After all, if you are going to invest your precious time in what you are writing, you owe it to yourself to write with passion, feeling and enthusiasm.

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