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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