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Rapid Content
RewritingA guide to faster and better content
rewriting.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction 31 - Why Rewriting? 52 - Mind Vs. Brain? 63 - Rewriting Techniques? 9
The Chunking Method 10The First Impressions Method 14
4 - Rewriting Poor Quality Content 18The Plug-And-Play Summarize Method 18Step 1: Get The Full Picture 19Step 2: Pick Out The Main Points 19Step 3: Tell Readers What Youre About To Tell Them 19Step 4: Expand Each Main Point 20Step 5: Close With a Summary 20
5 - Free Tools To Check Uniqueness 22Jet Checker 22Percent Dupe
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Copyscape 23
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Introduction
Thank you for reading this guide. It is aimed to deliver actionable
information. I want you to be able to turn these words into actions that
will make you more money.
If youve been struggling to find a good path, or if youre new to the
Writing world, I believe this report will help you do just that!
When youre done reading this guide, youll have the tools and
information you need to:
1. Rewrite content quickly and effectively.
2. Use your new rewriting skills to make money selling you
articles.
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One of the guiding principles I follow in my business is called speed of
implementation. This means that the faster you can put something
into operation that makes you money, the better.
Thats my goal for you in this guide. I want you to be able to learn,practice, and implement these methods in days. Not weeks. Not
months. Not years.
Thats speed of implementation, and its how you go from thinking
about making money online to actually making money online as fast
as possible.
Once you finish this guide, put in just a little bit of practice and youll be
ready to dive right in and start making money.
Isnt that why youre here? Lets get started.
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1 - Why Rewriting?This is a question that inevitably comes up when discussing writing vs.
rewriting, so I need to tackle it at the beginning.
The fact is, rewriting offers three major advantages over writing that
should not be overlooked:
Writing good, original content takes a significant amount of
time and additional skills. Rewriting is much faster and does
not require you to learn any other skills.
Writers often burn out and suffer frequent bouts of writers
block. Rewriters (once you learn to do it correctly) do not burn
out and never face writers block issues.
A fast rewriter will earn more per hour than a typical writer of
original content.
You might be skeptical about that last claim at this point. Thats ok. I
was too the first time someone suggested the possibility to me. I think
by the time you finish this guide, though, youll see that fast rewriters
can easily make more money than average writers.
For now, I just want you to accept at face value that rewriting does offer
these three distinct advantages over choosing a career as a writer of
original content.
Theres no reason why you cannot become both a writer and a rewriter,
by the way. Many people do just that. Having done both, I can tell you
with certainty that when youre starting out - or if youre looking for a
quicker and more sustainable path - rewriting is the way to go. As youll
see.
Lets move on and dig into the specific techniques you need to learn tobecome a fast, effective rewriter.
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2 - Mind Vs. Brain?The first thing to understand when learning to rewrite quickly and
effectively is that it is not like thewriting process. In fact, having lots ofexperience as a writer can actually make it harder to learn good
rewriting techniques. Harder, but not truly difficult. You just have to
unlearn some of the things going on in your head as a writer and
switch to a faster, more streamlined mode of writing.
Writing and rewriting are very different activities, even though the act
of typing the words is obviously exactly the same. Its how you get to
that final act (typing the words) that constitutes the difference.
At this point, you need to understand and embrace a core concept
regarding the difference between your mind and yourbrain. Now, dont
let your eyes glaze over. Im not going to go new age on you, I promise.
Just bear with this and I think it will be clear in short order.
For the purposes of grasping how writing and rewriting are
fundamentally different activities, think of writing as a deeper, more
elaborate process than rewriting. Which is absolutely true. Writing
involves creating something completely new inside your head, and then
putting it into words others can read.
Contrast that with rewriting, which is shallower and less complex. As a
rewriter, youre just re-telling what someone else created. Youre stillputting whats in your head into words others can read, but how you get
to that point is not the same as how you get there as a writer.
And thats big key here.
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Writing requires the engagement of your mind. Rewriting only requires
the engagement of yourbrain. In fact, the rewriting process is hurt by
allowing your mind to become involved, as youll see shortly.
For our purposes, lets define the mind as that part of you that invokes
personal memories, feelings, concepts, and evaluations as you think
about words. Using the mind involves complex processes that require
more time to fully complete.
Again, for the purposes of this discussion, lets define thebrain as that
part of you that is more machine-like, automatic, and instinctual as you
think about words. Using the brain involves reflexive processes that
require much less time to fully complete.
I think an example from everyday life will help illustrate the point Im
making about the difference between the mind and the brain...
When you sit in a classroom and listen to a teacher lecture about the
subject at hand, your mind is engaged. Your inner wheels are turning.
Youre associating the teachers words with your own experiences,memories, feelings, and concepts. Youre integrating new ideas with
your old ones.
Contrast that with what happens when youre driving your car through
an intersection and someone runs a red light. Yourbrain takes control
and issues commands to your hands to turn the wheel the other way
and your foot to stomp on the brake pedal. Your mind is nowhere to be
found in this instantaneous process, thankfully. If it did become
involved, youd likely end up hurt or dead because The mind is too
slow.
When comparing whats going on in your head when you write vs. when
you rewrite, these are handy analogies.
As a writer, youre like the student in the classroom listening to the
teachers lecture. Your mind is fully engaged and in control.
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As a rewriter, youre the driver reacting to the red light runner. Your
brain is in charge and doing things automatically and very quickly.
As a rewriter, your ultimate goal at all times is to keep your reactivebrain in control and your complex mind out of the picture.
OK, so how do you do that? The answer: training yourself to do rewrites
by following two techniques. Each of these techniques is geared toward
forcing thebrain to stay engaged and the mind in the background.
When you rewrite something, you want your mind laying on the beach
somewhere, drinking something fruity and looking at the waves lapping
the shore. All of your memories, emotions, and deep thoughts need to
be taking a long vacation.
Once you practice these techniques Im about to show you, theyll start
to become automatic. Thats when youll become a very quick, efficient
rewriter.
And quick, efficient rewriters are the ones who make good money!
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3 - Rewriting Techniques?You have three goals when rewriting:
1. Do it as fast as you can.
2. End up with content that holds true to the originals meaning.
3. Make it different enough from the original.
Speed rules. The faster you rewrite content, the more money you can
make per hour.
A common mistake when rewriting is accidentally changing the
originals meaning. You want to avoid that in most cases. The
techniques Im about to show you will make this a non-issue. You wont
be changing the original authors meaning... just the words that convey
that meaning.
Then theres the issue of making your rewritten content different
enough from the original. This is not an exact science. Some experts
say just 50% difference is enough. Others recommend a higher
percentage of uniqueness.
I shoot for a minimum of70%. From my experience over the past
several years, Ive concluded that a minimum difference of 50% is
sufficient. Such content will be treated by the search engines and most
article directories as unique. You can safely put this level of uniquecontent on the web and not worry about any negative repercussions.
I want to stress that this is just my own experience. I do not have an
independent and authoritative source to back this up. So use my70%
benchmark with a grain of salt, please.
For now, dont be concerned with how to calculate the percentage of
difference. I will give you a link a bit later to a great free tool that
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compares the original content with your rewritten content, and then
shows you the % of difference instantly. Youll love it!
At this point, you should be focused on the three major goals:
speed
maintaining the originals meaning
enough difference.
There are two techniques I want to cover now that will help you to
quickly learn the skills you need to be a fast and effective rewriter. With
just a bit of practice, youll be able to, rewrite content and sell them fora fee.
The Chunking Method
The first technique is called the chunking method. Simply put, youre
going to break up the original content into small chunks of text. Each
chunk will consist of just a few words that constitute a single thought,
which youll then rewrite very quickly.
Remember, you want to keep yourbrain in control and your mind out
of the way when you rewrite. Breaking the text into small chunks is
absolutely essential in order to achieve this state. Longer strings of
words increase the chances that your mind will become engaged,
bringing in memories, feelings, and analysis. Allowing that to happen
will only slow things down.
Sometimes chunking is easy. If the original content has lots of short
sentences (4-10 words), then your job is that much easier. But the more
common scenario is rewriting content that has longer, more complex
sentences.
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When that happens, there is a simple way to determine where to stop
each chunk. You want to look for specific punctuation and stop words:
Comma
Semi-colon Hyphen
And
But
If
Or
Next
Then When
Each of these represents a natural break between thoughts. These will
be like road signs along the way to help you quickly pick where to end a
chunk (or begin a new one).
Heres a longer sentence from an article, as an example:
When you shop for a new piece of home theater equipment, youll want
to be sure its compatible with your existing system and all of its
components.
Notice that it begins with When. This is one of the stop words to
watch for, and it indicates that there will be at least 2 chunks in that
sentence. A comma almost always follows soon after a sentence that
begins with When or Then or If. The comma is your stopping point
for the first chunk.
In the example sentence above, the first chunk to rewrite is:
When you shop for a new piece of home theater equipment,
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Which I would rewrite as:
When shopping for new equipment for your home theater system,
You see, its much easier when you employ chunking. Youre simplyrewording a short thought. It happens quickly and somewhat
automatically. In other words, yourbrain is doing the work, not your
mind.
Then you simply take the next chunk in that long sentence:
youll want to be sure its compatible with your existing system
I stopped there because I noted the common stop word and just after
the word system. Do you see how the chunk above is a separate
thought on its own? Thats really what youre doing when you use
chunking. Youre taking a sentence with multiple thoughts and
reducing it to very short, singular thoughts.
This is the key to keeping yourbrain in charge and your mind out of
the way.
So I would rewrite that chunk as:
take care that the new pieces will work with your current system
This leaves only one final chunk:
and all of its components.
Which becomes:
and each of the components you already have.
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So, here is the original sentence side-by-side with the rewritten
sentence:
Chunking allowed for the rewritten content to be done quickly, while
maintaining the originals meaning. In other words, I was able to do the
rewrite quickly and effectively. And thats the name of the game!
Had I tried to tackle that long sentence in one fell swoop, chances are Id
have gotten bogged down as mymind became engaged and mybrain
stopped doing things automatically.
A note of caution about the chunking method. Dont overdo it. If you
break things down into single words or 2-word phrases, youll slow way
down. More importantly, youll often end up with content that doesnt
make much sense, because rewriting word-by-word often leads to
garbled nonsense.
Just focus on takingone thought at a time as you rewrite. Now, if you
encounter a sentence in the original content that is very short, dont
bother breaking it down at all. Chunking is really just for longer
sentences, which youll encounter more often than short ones.
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When you shop for a newpiece of home theater
equipment, youll want to be
sure its compatible with your
existing system and all of its
components.
When shopping for newequipment for your home theater
system, take care that the new
pieces will work with your
current system and each of the
components you already have.
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To recap the chunking method:
Break longer sentences into smaller chunks by looking for
common stop punctuation and stop words.
Limit each chunk to one simple thought so the rewrite comes
easily and quickly.
Dont overdo it by breaking things down word-by-word. Youll
end up with a disjointed article that makes no sense.
I mentioned earlier that writers block and burnout were common
complaints among writers. Well, a major advantage of becoming a goodrewriter is that this chunking method helps you avoid both conditions.
See, writers hit blocks and feel burned out primarily because their
minds are engaged too long. Its like trying to run a marathon. It can be
done, but its very difficult to stay with it for very long, and youre
completely drained at the end.
Rewriting the correct way is more like taking a short little jog around
the block. Its work, but it isnt a big mental drain.
The First Impressions Method
The next method to help you become a fast, effective rewriter is one I
call the first impressions method. As the name implies, youre going
with the first thing that pops into your head as you rewrite.
This means trusting your own mental thesaurus. We all have one. No
matter how smart you think you are (or are not), everyone beyond the
age of about 16 carries around a sizable mental thesaurus.
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The problem is, once again, the mind. See, the mind wants us to dig in
and really investigate things. Sometimes, this is good. It can even save
our lives! You want your mind in charge when your drunken friend
says hes fine to drive you home.
However, you do not want your mind in charge of the mental thesaurus
when doing a rewrite. Ideally, you want yourbrain to have a direct line
tapping straight into your mental thesaurus.
If the mind gets in the way, itll try to make you consider which word to
use among the several choices available in your mental thesaurus.
Youll hem and haw over the choice. Bad mind!Thebrain will simply insert a natural choice and keep you moving
along nice and fast. Good brain!
Brain > Mental Thesaurus > Fingers = FAST!
Lets say youre about to rewrite the title of this article:
Common Cat Health Issues
Its already in a nice, small chunk, so the chunking method isnt
necessary. So you move on to the first impressions method. The key
here is going with thevery first alternate word that pops into your
head as you read the title, and skipping over the words for which a
quick alternative does not occur to you.
I came up with:
Typical Cat Health Problems
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Notice that only 2 of the 4 words were changed. Thats 50%, and if youll
recall what I wrote earlier about making your rewrites different
enough, I suggested shooting for a minimum of 50%.
So how did I do that rewrite quickly? I simply read the original title tomyself, put my fingers on the keyboard, and typed it the way Id have
said it out loud in myown words. Another way of explaining that is: I
allowed my brain to access my mental thesaurus and then I typed the
same thought in my own words.
Thats all you want. No muss, no fuss, no deep thoughts! Youre simply
taking a chunk of words that form a single thought, then yourerepeating them using the language the way youd use it in normal
conversation.
Youre going with first impressions.
So, why didnt I change the words Cat Health from the original? The
answer is simple, but it does take some practice to learn to do it on
command. When no alternate word popped into my head from my
mental thesaurus for either Cat or Health I simply left them alone
and moved on.
This is a common occurrence, so get used to it. Often, your first
impression will just happen to be identical to the word the original
writer chose. The trick here is to be ok with that. Do not let it slow you
down! Thats how you let the mind creep in, and then the games lost.
This is an absolutely critical point, so dont gloss over it.
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Go with the first word that pops into your head as you rewrite a chunk
of text. Trust your mental thesaurus! Do not let your desire to change
the words enough slow you down. That will work itself out if you follow
these techniques. If a different word does not immediately pop into yourhead, leave it as is and move on!
To recap the first impressions method:
Use only after first employing the chunking method on longer
sentences.
Read the original chunk and quickly put the thought into your
own words. Go with the very first alternate word that pops into
your head.
When you encounter a word in the original for which you
cannot immediately think of a replacement, leave it as is and
move on. Dont let it slow you down!
That really is all there is to it! Master these two techniques and you will
be able to rewrite content quickly. And that content will hold true to the
meaning of the original, which is precisely what you want. Finally, your
rewrites will be unique enough to satisfy the search engines and article
directories.
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4 - Rewriting Poor Quality
ContentThe two techniques I just covered work very well when rewriting
original content that is of good enough quality to be understood by the
reader. Unfortunately, thats not the only kind of content that youll
encounter as a rewriter.
Sometimes youll be presented with some really atrocious content that
needs more than a straight rewrite. It happens.
When confronted by this situation, there really is nothing you can do
but engage the mind. You see, at this point youre not just rewriting.
Youre re-creating. And thats much closer to writing than rewriting.
Ive developed a plug-and-play outline you can use that will at least
reduce the amount of time you might otherwise spend on this kind of
rewriting job. Ill explain shortly.
You have two goals when doing re-creation rewrites:
1. Turn the sloppy content into good quality that makes sense.
2. Do it as quickly as possible.
The Plug-And-Play Summarize Method
The summarize method strips a poorly written article into a few main
points, and then adds an opening and closing paragraph that
summarizes the ideas you just laid out. All youre really doing is picking
out the good stuff, chucking out the bad, and then summarizing so the
word count isnt too low.
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This method does force you to let your mind take over. Theres just no
way around it when faced with this kind of rewriting job. The key here
is to organize the process so that you dont have to wonder what to do
next at each point along the way. Its as close to plug-and-play as youll
get.
Step 1: Get The Full Picture
The first thing to do with poor content is to read through the entire
article. You want to get as good a grasp as possible of what the original
writer was trying to say. This may require more than one read-through,
sadly.
Once youve got an idea of the gist of the article, open up your favorite
text editor (Notepad, Textedit, etc.). At the top, write a short phrase or
sentence that encapsulates the overall message of the article. Thatll be
your Title.
Step 2: Pick Out The Main Points
Next, pick out the main point in each of the articles paragraphs. Dont
overthink this step! Just choose the basic thought from each paragraph
that supports the overall message you pulled out in Step 1. If a single
paragraph has 2 or more distinct ideas, pull out each one.
Then go back to your text editor and write each main point below the
phrase or sentence you wrote in Step 1.
Step 3: Tell Readers What Youre About To Tell Them
Now youre ready to begin re-creating the article. In the first paragraph,
youre going to tell the reader what youre about to tell them. That maysound strange, but its a classic way to open any article. More
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importantly, it does not require you to expend a lot of mental energy
and it helps you clarify in your own mind what needs to be written.
Simply write a 4-5 sentence paragraph that lays out what the rest of
the article will go into. The first sentence should state the overallmessage. Then begin the second sentence with something like, In this
article, I will give you the reasons why... Then the next 2-3 sentences
should introduce the main points from your list in Step 2. Dont go into
details just introduce the points
Step 4: Expand Each Main Point
Over the next several paragraphs, youre going to focus on each of the
main points you listed in Step 2. One main point per paragraph. You do
not need to go into much detail. Just give basic information. Use short
sentences and common sense.
Remember the original content was poor. All youre trying to do with
your rewrite is clean it up, organize it, and make it useful. Youre not
expected to create the highest quality from a poor original! Aim for
good enough.
Step 5: Close With a Summary
Just as you opened the article by telling readers what you were about to
tell them, youre going to close by summarizing what you just told them.
This too is a classic article writing technique. It requires very little
mental energy on your part, and it gives your readers a sense of closure
- which they want (whether they consciously realize it or not).
Dont simply repeat word-for-word what you opened with, however. Tie
in the main points with the overall message of the article. Your closing
sentence should begin with something like, As you can see from the
information above,... and then end with the overall message.
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What the summarize method does for you is allow you to cut out the
really lousy parts of the original article. Youre just keeping the core
points and writing them in your own words (using common sense).
What you end up with is bound to be a lot better than the originalauthors!
And this method is ideal for speed, which you dont want to totally
abandon, of course. Because this method gives you an easy blueprint
where you just plug in the various components, it greatly reduces the
amount of time youd otherwise waste trying to figure out how to make
sense of the mess you were handed.
You do need to practice the summarize method to become proficient.
But, once you do get good at using it, it will help you make more money.
Instead of being stumped by poor content that used to leave you feeling
like you didnt even know where to start, this method puts everything
into neat little steps. Just pick out what you need from the original and
let the rest go.
This plug-and-play technique keeps you moving along at a nice clip.
And, as I hope Ive impressed upon you by now, when it comes to
rewriting...
SPEED RULES!
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5 - Free Tools To Check
UniquenessJet Checker
I mentioned earlier that there is a free tool you can use to quickly
compare an original article and your rewritten version. Its called Jet
Checker, and you can access it by signing up here:
http://www.jetchecker.com/signup
Paste the original article on the left box where it says Original Text
and the rewritten article on right box where it says Modified Text and
press the big green COMPARE button.
The result page should say at least:
Your Article is 70% Unique.
If you get results lower than 70%, the article needs further rewriting.
Percent Dupe
Now that we have checked the uniqueness of the article compared with
the original, we need to check if the article is unique compared with
other texts on the web.
We can do this through a tool like Percent Dupe.
http://www.percentdupe.com/
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This tool will check if there are similar copies of your article already
published by other people on the net. Just paste the rewritten text in
the bottom box and press check.
There should be no copies of the rewritten article already published onthe web. If the tool returns any copies, youll have to go back to the text
and rewrite the non-unique sentences and repeat the check one more
time. Repeat this procedure until you achieve a completely unique
rewritten article on the web.
Copyscape
Copyscape is one of the top and most famous tools to check for copies of
your content on the web. However theres a limited number of free
checks you can perform. After that and for more advanced features it
costs 5cent USD per check. This is a great tool if you can afford it.