| Truth...what happened to it? If you're an article | | | | interesting article. |
| writer, this article is going to touch on a lot of raw | | | | I'll take it one step further. Let's say you're writing |
| nerves. That's going to make a lot of people | | | | an article about France and how beautiful the |
| VERY uncomfortable. Well, so be it. It's time for | | | | country is and you talk about your excursions |
| the BS to stop and for article writers to start | | | | through Paris...even though you've never been out |
| being responsible again. If you don't know what | | | | of New Jersey. What's that you say? It's only a |
| I'm talking about, keep reading. I promise you're | | | | little white lie? I mean after all, it's not hurting |
| going to get an earful. | | | | anybody if I say I went to Paris even though I |
| Let's start off with the painfully obvious. Nobody | | | | didn't...right? Wrong again. It's hurting the |
| is going to read your article if it's boring. I | | | | profession. If everybody just made stuff up, we |
| understand that. I, better than anyone, | | | | wouldn't know what to believe anymore. Plus, if |
| understand the importance of putting together an | | | | you can justify lying about your trip to Paris, |
| article that isn't going to put my reader to sleep. | | | | where does it end? Do you then start lying about |
| But that DOESN'T mean that I lie or even stretch | | | | your enjoyable flight on some new airline? What |
| the truth. Oh come on, you know what I'm talking | | | | if, God forbid, a plane from that airline goes down |
| about. You're writing an article on some treatment | | | | and somebody hopped on it because of YOUR |
| for some ailment and you make up this story | | | | article? |
| that you had the ailment yourself and | | | | Folks, it's time for article writers to start writing |
| miraculously, the treatment cured it. You do this in | | | | the truth. The only time I EVER talk about my |
| an attempt to sell some product. This is WRONG, | | | | personal experience in an article is when it's true. |
| WRONG, WRONG. | | | | How's that for a novel concept? Personally, I'm |
| It doesn't matter if the product is the greatest | | | | sick and tired of all the trash I've been reading |
| product in the whole world. It doesn't even | | | | online (blatant and obvious falsehoods) and I'm |
| matter if the sales page has 100 testimonials, all | | | | calling for it to stop. |
| of which can be verified. YOUR experience with | | | | Is anybody listening? |
| the product, if any at all, MUST be true. You | | | | For the sake of this profession...I hope so. |
| cannot make up things just to write a more | | | | |