Comments on: Top Writer’s Trick: Recycle Your Ideas and Articles http://www.writingfornonprofits.com/freelance/2006/07/21/top-writers-trick-recycle-your-ideas-and-articles/ A blog and coaching program about building a successful freelance business serving the nonprofit community. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ian Recycle McAllister http://www.writingfornonprofits.com/freelance/2006/07/21/top-writers-trick-recycle-your-ideas-and-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-7440 Ian Recycle McAllister Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:29:46 +0000 http://www.writingfornonprofits.com/freelance/2006/07/21/top-writers-trick-recycle-your-ideas-and-articles/#comment-7440 You don't even need to own the copyright. You can't copyright ideas - only words. For instance, you can't copyright recipes, only what you say about the recipe. That means that you can take anybody's article and rewrite it in your own words. Of course any self-respecting author will soon be adding his own input, and often there is little relationship to the original article. But the seed idea came from the original article. You don’t even need to own the copyright. You can’t copyright ideas – only words. For instance, you can’t copyright recipes, only what you say about the recipe.

That means that you can take anybody’s article and rewrite it in your own words. Of course any self-respecting author will soon be adding his own input, and often there is little relationship to the original article. But the seed idea came from the original article.

]]> By: Paulb http://www.writingfornonprofits.com/freelance/2006/07/21/top-writers-trick-recycle-your-ideas-and-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-3669 Paulb Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:29:52 +0000 http://www.writingfornonprofits.com/freelance/2006/07/21/top-writers-trick-recycle-your-ideas-and-articles/#comment-3669 Some useful tips. Nowadays you can get software that will 're-jig' your blog or article, making it reuseable more quickly than before. One thing I would mention is the 'padding out' of articles. As an article directory owner, I see a great many articles that have too much repetition. It is better to have a shorter, concise article, than a long, drawn out article with little content value. Some useful tips. Nowadays you can get software that will ‘re-jig’ your blog or article, making it reuseable more quickly than before.
One thing I would mention is the ‘padding out’ of articles.
As an article directory owner, I see a great many articles that have too much repetition. It is better to have a shorter, concise article, than a long, drawn out article with little content value.

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