Rewriting

Article Rewriting - A Professional View

Article rewriting is a literary skill that many think they possess, but few actually do. There are many reasons for rewriting an article and the approach to the task will generally be dependent on the reason and required result. Let’s have a look at some typical objectives people have when rewriting articles.

Article Directory Submission
A popular internet service is the provision of a second, rewritten, version of a commissioned article, so that the customer receives two articles rather than one. This allows one version to be posted on your own website and the rewritten version to be submitted to article directories. The purpose of doing this is to avoid you competing with others using exactly the same content as you. There seems little point in you placing an article on your own web page then submitting that article to directories from which your competitors can copy them to their own web pages.

You are then competing for keywords against potentially hundreds of other websites using your own article. You may have your resource box on their site, each one giving you a valuable back-link, but this could be insufficient to make up for all that competition with duplicate content that may cause your site to drop down the listings.

What you should do to avoid this is to offer an alternative version to the directories and the way that the article is amended is important. It must give the same meaning as the original, but contain different semantics. The keyword density must be reasonable, around 1%, and the textual theme of the page must be relevant to the keyword targeted. The rewrite should be different enough to be regarded as unique, but not so different that it does not adequately address the topic at hand.

Use The Same Article On More Than One Web Page
Exactly the same approach should be used if you want to use the same article on a number of different websites or pages utilising the same keyword. Here, you are competing against yourself, and the article should be rewritten so that this does not happen. You have the same situation as that above, except you are your own competition. Unless the article is radically rewritten you may be in danger of diluting your website with too much similar content. This is the most common reason for article rewriting.

Use The Same Article For Different Keywords
Another common reason for articles being rewritten is that the customer wants to use the same article for a range of different keywords. This involves a slightly different style of rewriting since two keywords rarely have exactly the same meaning. How many exact synonyms are there? Very few, since most words have their own roots and there are generally different nuances in meaning between words which are synonymic in some contexts, but not in all.

In such cases the article will be adjusted to meet the requirements of the vocabulary being used. For example, the terms ‘internet marketing’ and ‘online marketing’ appear to have the same meaning in the context of marketing techniques, but the words ‘internet’ and ‘online’ are not synonyms – not even close. You can work ‘online’ but you can’t work ‘internet’. The reason is that ‘internet’ can be a noun or an adjective, while ‘online’ can be an adjective or an adverb.

The consequence of this is that one cannot always be used synonymously for the other, so article rewriting involves more than simple word substitution. It involves a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. This is where I see most attempts at rewriting articles go wrong: through misuse of grammar and a misunderstanding of the parts of speech. It can get complicated when we consider noun, adjective and adverb clauses, and article rewriting is not as simple as most believe.

Rewriting Scraped Articles
A major rewrite service frequently required is the provision of a complete rewrite of an article so that it bears little resemblance to the original. The customer likes the look of an article, but wants it rewritten so that it is indistinguishable from the original. A bit of a conflict there, I feel. This kind of work tends to indicate that the article has been scraped from the internet and the author’s resource box removed. The customer wants the article rewritten with his or her own name as author, and written so that the original author will not recognize it. What’s the point? It is better to write the article from scratch, not only because its is legal, but because it is easier. It is easier for authors to give their own slant on a topic than copy that of another.

The next time you want an article rewritten please determine clearly what your objective is. If a rewrite is essential have it done professionally or it could harm your listing rather than improve it, and please do not ask for a rewrite if a fresh article would do – it is easier for a professional article writer to write originally than copy another author’s style. If the sense of the piece is to be exactly maintained, article rewriting is not as simple a task as most people believe it to be.

Peter is a professional freelance writer, currently specilaizing in website articles which are much in demand. He operates from his website Article Services and writes on any topic, uniquely for you. Not only is no one else sold your article, but you can get two versions on request - one for your site and one for submission to directories. He is a busy man but approachable for advice . Email him at pete@article-services.com

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Rewriting Is Also An Art

If one browses the numerous online freelance portals it will become obvious that there is a great demand for "rewriters". Many service buyers surf the Internet to locate a good rewriter who can deliver an original article or content from what already exists on the web. The paradox remains that during our early years at school we all have at one time or the other indulged in pages and pages of rewriting! Take a précis written from an essay or an excerpt from a book that was given to us to rewrite in our own words. This is exactly what most writers are doing even today as a freelancer. Of course this is no crime nor is it considered unethical to reword available material in order to make it sound better or more understandable!

There is also Science in rewriting!

There are two destinations for the rewriting business. One is gathering knowledge through reading existing material and then reviewing or analyzing the content to create a viable and simple version for a layperson to grasp. The other destination is creating an entirely unique content to avoid copyright problems that would otherwise have drastic consequences. The latter method is mostly adapted to collate readable information for the search engines that will guide their spiders or bots to index your own content on the World Wide Web. This is the very concept of attracting traffic to a website! Consequently, it becomes a science to be able to write in such a manner that you market your product or service to a wider section of our global society.

Is rewriting simpler than Original Writing?

To be frank and out of some years of writing experience this question can only be answered in a bit of a negative tone -- though the debate can be taken further by stating that it could be simpler than original writing!

What is rewriting anyway? The reader can check out the costing data here to begin this discussion and we can then take it from there to clarify some points that every service buyer and all service providers must understand. We can look at this topic in the following two ways:

First implication of the query on rewriting simplicity in relation to original writing can be that the two jobs are not really very different and the answer therefore must be "no... rewriting is no simpler than original work"! How does one explain this?

When one goes about rewriting an article to convert it to a unique presentation the essence of the original must be maintained at all costs. It is not really necessary to keep the formatting in terms of paragraphs and words the same or nearly the same. Keywords or key phrases are of course important for a SE Optimized write-up. Many service buyers insist that the paragraphs should also be kept in the same format and doing this may become a bit of an art for the writers. If this is so then it is clear that rewriting is the same as original writing since one need to make the wording unique that will pass all copyright tests. For those readers who like to learn more on this aspect it will be wise to hit this link for detailed discussions and information.

Secondly one can argue that rewriting is simpler than original work since you only have to change sentences or order of words to make the piece unique! Agreed that this is the intention and one does not need to do any research that involves time and money. Material is already available and writers only have to rearrange the context. However, when one looks at the rewritten paragraphs it is obvious that it no longer matches the original -- other than the context and essence of the article. Therefore how is it simpler?

Inference on the debate

To a writer who wishes that all his or her work is unique it hardly matters if the rewriting or original writing is to be researched or not. Each sentence -- nee each word and their compilation into a logically relevant sentence -- is unique though it may mean similar to what others have written. It is like several journalists reporting on a news item. The material is available however each reporter presents the news in a peculiarly unique fashion.

Rewriting is not really simpler -- on the other hand it could be more challenging than original writing!

Hemant Mehta is a professional copywriter who takes up freelance copy writing, writing, editing, and articles writing assignments on the Internet.

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