Part 2 - Write a Thousand Articles This Year

Do you want to be recognized as an “expert” in your field, hobby or personal interest? Do you want to explode your article marketing stats through the ceiling? Would you like to really get the attention of your boss, prominent editors in your area, or the big guns in your area of interest? Do you want a Space Shuttle trajectory blast to traffic on your website or blog? Are you thinking of establishing or expanding your online or web presence? Don’t you think that writing and publishing one thousand articles would do that and more for you?

Here’s The Breakdown

We start off with a goal to write a thousand articles in twelve months, so let’s break it down into some less intimidating steps.

One thousand articles in twelve months – This sounds intimidating to almost everyone. So much so that you get scared and don’t even start.

Five hundred articles in six months – This still sounds intimidating, especially if you haven’t written five hundred articles total to date. But if we break this down even further if starts becoming less intimidating and starts sounding more like something a real, working human being might be able to accomplish.

Two hundred fifty articles in three months – Now if you write PLR (Private Label Rights) articles this really doesn’t sound so bad at all because PLR article writers often need to produce one hundred articles per month to fill a package order.

How about eighty-four articles in one month? That’s at least four weeks of writing. Again, a PLR article writer may have to produce on hundred articles in that amount of time so it’s definitely doable. This number of articles is less effort.

Could you write twenty-one articles per week? That is in seven writing days. Before you balk, answer this:

“Could you write seven 1200-word articles in those seven days?”

That’s one 1200-word article each day. That sounds a whole lot better now, doesn’t it? If you think you could do this, great! You’ll be well on track to one thousand articles in a year.
How so? You may well ask. Well, one 1200-word article when divided into three parts of four hundred words each will give you three four hundred-word articles per day, quite easily meeting your daily article production requirement to write one thousand articles in a year.

Write Just ONE 1200-word Article Each Day

So it’s simply a matter of writing one 1200-word article per day then breaking that into three articles of four hundred-words or so each. Your three articles per day will add up to eighty four to ninety articles per month. This in turn will add up to from two hundred fifty to two hundred seventy articles in three months. This means that in six months you’ll have five hundred or more articles under your belt in six months. And from there, it’s almost in the bag that you’ll meet or exceed your lofty goal of one thousand articles in a year. Why heck, you can even take a couple of days or so off and still get your thousand articles done. By now you should be just about “raring” to go. You’re about to get the final push out of the door towards your inevitable writing success. I don’t doubt for a moment that you’ll have your one thousand articles in the bank before the end of this year. (Yup. I’ll bet you will)

In our upcoming, final, part three of this series, we’ll have a look at what you’ll “need” to get started and keep going. We’ll also address the dreaded question, “What if I “fail”?


If you’d like to join my FREE “Write a Thousand Articles This Year” program, just contact me at writeathousandarticles@gmail.com and we’ll get you started, put you on track and keep you going along with the other dedicated writing professionals in our rapidly growing group. (I’ve just put some freshly re-charged batteries in my Uncle Buzzy’s cattle prod) Just think, a year or less from now, you’ll be the proud author of a thousand or more articles. And your “writer” friends? Gosh, they’ll just be sick with envy. And you? You’ll love every moment of it, you thousand-article-writing devil you.

Write a Thousand Articles This Year? Sure You Can! Here’s How

As writers, teachers, article marketers, copywriters, sales, speaking and other professionals we well know (or should know) that being able to produce consistent, quality writing is an essential to our profession. But come on, a thousand articles in a year? You’re thinking, “Whoa Nelly!” Hold on there though now, partner. I’m going to show you – yes you, thick of tongue and fat of fingers though you might seem be, how you can approach this - for now - seemingly daunting goal.

First though Hoss, One Quick Question

The question is this: “Can you write a 1200-word article in a day or two?”

Think now.

If you answered in the affirmative, then you could write a thousand articles this year if you wish to. I repeat: Yes, you can. Not only is it quite doable, but it’s not anywhere near as difficult as you might presently think. To help readjust your paradigms, we’re going to break the process down into seven process stages or steps that will ultimately allow you to truly understand that you really could produce one thousand or more articles this year.

A Stash of One Thousand Articles

Just think, what could a stash of one thousand articles do for you? Are you kidding? Do you now personally know of anyone who has those kinds of bragging rights? If you do, you know what it does for them. You could be in the “Inner Circle” with them later this year. If you don’t know anyone with a stash of articles like this, then later this year YOU Bunky, could be the pace-setter and “Guru”, “Queen Bee” or “Head Honcho” of your writing circle. Can you imagine what a blast that is? But that’s not all:

Think of what a boost your writing skills will get from that much targeted practice. Want to be recognized as an “expert” in your field, hobby or personal interest? Do you want to explode your article marketing stats through the ceiling? Would you like to really get the attention of your boss, prominent editors in your area, or the big guns in your area of interest? Do you want a Space Shuttle trajectory blast to traffic on your website or blog? Are you thinking of establishing or expanding your online or web presence? Don’t you think that writing and publishing one thousand articles would do that and more for you?

You darn Skippy it would! So let’s get started.

In part two of this series, we’ll go into a more detailed breakdown of the production steps and processes needed to write a thousand (or more) articles in a year.


If you’d like to join my FREE “Write a Thousand Articles This Year” program, just contact me at: writeathousandarticles@gmail.com and we’ll get you started, put you on track and keep you going along with the other dedicated writing professionals in our rapidly growing group. (I’ve just put some freshly re-charged batteries in my Uncle Buzzy’s cattle prod) Just think, a year or less from now, you’ll be the proud author of a thousand or more articles. And your “writer” friends? Gosh, they’ll just be sick with envy. And you? You’ll love every moment of it, you thousand-article-writing devil you.

Using Famous Personalities and Celebrities in Content-Based Language Learning

Evel Knievel Isn’t Dead

Whenever a famous entertainer, celebrity or historic figure becomes newsworthy, don’t let the opportunity to motivate and involve your learners pass you by. Instead, use it to delve more deeply into the cultural elements and language hat spawned that person. Then watch as your learners begin to grow and develop their English or other foreign language skills almost as if by magic. The late motorcycle stuntman extraordinaire Evel Knievel isn’t “dead” and neither are hundreds of other celebrities, personalities, news-makers of our recent and distant past. Let them help you and your learners to develop communicative skills in the English language. Don’t forget, these same principles can be easily applied to the teaching and learning of many other foreign languages as well.

Using Famous Personalities and Celebrities in CBL

Using famous personalities, historic figures and celebrities in Content-based Learning (Richards and Rodgers,1993) is a way to lower the Affective Filter (Krashen Terrell, 1983) of your learners and truly get them highly motivated and involved in English or other foreign language acquisition. Let’s consider the late Evel Knievel as an example then.

Are motorcycles popular and frequently used where you are? What are some well-known makes and models? What kind of bikes did Evel Knievel use? (Can you say Harley-Davidson?) Not only can your learners investigate his life, his stunts and his bikes, but they can look for and watch videos on YouTube and additional video archive sites, read news clippings of his exploits and view photos from the various stages of his life along with related articles and clips online. Have learners explain how to ride a motorcycle too.

To start you all off try the several historic videos of Evel Knievel online at YouTube or his official website at: http://www.evelknievel.com/. And don’t just blindly accept the blasé “book report” type of presentation either. Ask for and demand better for these and future assignments or expositions by your learners.

Try Multi-format or Multi-modal Presentations

Have them try some different or multi-format presentations like:

• Posters
• time line graphs
• audio-visual presentations
• video clips
• collages
• power point slides
• dialogues
• interviews
• scrap book presentations

Only the imagination and ingenuity that you and your learners apply will limit the English as a foreign language or other foreign language teaching and learning possibilities for you and your learners.

Again, whenever a famous entertainer, celebrity or historic figure becomes newsworthy, don’t let the opportunity to motivate and involve your learners pass you by. Instead, use it to delve more deeply into the cultural elements and language hat spawned that person. Then watch as your learners begin to grow and develop their English or other foreign language skills almost as if by magic. And while they’re at it they’ll a bit of fun too.

Be sure to let me know of any comments, experiences and special results that you may have.


For some great tips, tricks and techniques for quickly and easily learning virtually any of the world’s 6912 living languages just click HERE

Prof. Larry M. Lynch is an English language teaching and learning expert author and university professor in Cali, Colombia. For more information on entering into or advancing in the fascinating field of ELT send for his no-cost pdf Ebook, “If You Want to Teach English Abroad, Here’s What You Need to Know”, send an e-mail with "free ELT Ebook" in the subject line. For comments, questions, requests, to receive more information or to be added to his free TESOL articles and teaching materials mailing list, e-mail: lynchlarrym@gmail.com

Evel Knievel Isn’t Dead

Evel Knievel Dead at Age 69

On November 30, 2007, the legendary motorcycle stunt performer Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel died at age 69. Many of you may remember his exploits from the 60’s and 70’s as he jumped his motorcycle over rows of cars, Mack trucks, Greyhound buses, London double-decker buses and the fountains at Cesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in 1968, among many other increasingly spectacular daredevil feats. Often his stunts left him with broken bones and assorted injuries.

Indeed, he is reported to have said, “I’ve broken every bone in my body at least once.”

A Newsweek magazine tribute reported though, that he’d suffered 88 broken bones. He had more than a dozen major surgeries and broken bone repairs to his skull, pelvis, ribs, collarbones, hips and shoulders. This never stopped him though. He appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine and was the focus of a full-length, semi-autobiographical feature film “Viva Knievel” starring George Hamilton in 1977. One of his last and arguably most publicized stunts was his failed “jump” over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974. He was forced to retire in 1980 saying, “he was nothing but scar tissue and surgical steel”. But his stunts didn’t finally kill Evel Knievel. In the end it was complications from Diabetes and Pulmonary Fibrosis that ultimately stole this stunt legend from the world.

But what, you might ask, has any of this got to do with English as a Second or Foreign language?

Simply this: A language is inseparably linked to the cultural aspects of the country or countries where it is spoken.. Using Content-Based Learning (CBL) then, becomes an excellent, highly efficient and interesting way of teaching or learning virtually any foreign language. Evel Knievel and a seemingly endless parade of other celebrities, famous or infamous, historic and notable personalities offer a detailed glimpse into frequently un-taught intricacies of the English language. For example, if you haven’t heard of him, you’re likely either well under 30 or so years old, or do not have English as your first language or grew up in a foreign cultural setting.

Evel Knievel Isn’t Dead

Whenever a famous entertainer, celebrity or historic figure becomes newsworthy, don’t let the opportunity to motivate and involve your learners pass you by. Instead, use it to delve more deeply into the cultural elements and language hat spawned that person. Then watch as your learners begin to grow and develop their English or other foreign language skills almost as if by magic.

When you read that Evel Knievel has died, don’t you believe it. Evel Knievel isn’t "dead". He’s just waiting for you and your learners to make him come alive in their hearts, minds and imaginations yet again.

In our next segment, “Using Famous Personalities and Celebrities in Content-Based Learning”, we’ll go into more depth on using newsworthy celebrities, historic and other famous persons to motivate and engage our English or foreign language learners in and out of the class room.

In the meanwhile, check out this Evel Knievel career over view video at: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CAzLPEiA8a0

For some great tips, tricks and techniques for quickly and easily learning virtually any of the world’s 6912 living languages just click HERE.

Prof. Larry M. Lynch is an English language teaching and learning expert author and university professor in Cali, Colombia. For more information on entering into or advancing in the fascinating field of ELT send for his no-cost pdf Ebook, “If You Want to Teach English Abroad, Here’s What You Need to Know”, send an e-mail with "free ELT Ebook" in the subject line. For comments, questions, requests, to receive more information or to be added to his free TESOL articles and teaching materials mailing list, e-mail: lynchlarrym@gmail.com

5 More Ways to Help Make This Your Best English or Foreign Language Teaching Year Ever

The Fabulous Five Additional Ways

Remember what Henry Ford (pictured) once said? It was, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” In continuing to make 2008 your best teaching year ever here are 5 more suggestions you might want to consider and implement.

8. Learn a Foreign Language

I’ll just bet you wouldn’t delay your “dream” trip to the Bong Mine complex of Liberia, in West Africa (or whatever your trip might be) if you intensely began learning the local language. Want to see Paris? How about relaxing among the “Pines of Rome”? Is a stroll along the Great Wall a fancy of yours? Well why don’t you just start a foreign language course in the tongue you’ll likely need for the trip? If “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” as the proverb goes, then you’ll be many miles along on your journey just by beginning your foreign language course.

9. Write a Series of Articles or Compile a Book

You don’t think you could write a book? Balderdash! Almost every has at least one good book in them. But how about starting off with an article? Write a journal. Tell about your work, your problems (I’ll bet you have plenty of those) and how you solved some of them. Voila! You have an article. A book is simply a series of articles which are linked through a common theme. When you’re done and published – see the previous item on this list for the next step. Move over Hemmingway.

10. Publish Online

With the number of teaching-related websites steadily growing there’s no shortage of places to post or publish your writing. Try www.ezinearticles.com or other article banks to get your feet wet. From there, you have virtually no limit online.

11. Get a Website

You’ve been telling yourself that you need a website for some time now. Now’s finally the time to get off your duff and make your online presences a reality. There are free sites available for the taking. Cheap domain names to be had and a vast online world to explored, enjoyed and exploited. It doesn’t have to be fancy, elaborate or extensive. Just get out there and get your name up in digital form.

12. Start and Keep a Teaching Journal

Here’s a good one to get you started. Journal what happens in your classes. Write about your day, your problems and their solutions great and small. Ramble about the country you live in. What changed for you? What problems do you have that are “different”? What about the food, the clothes, the lifestyle? Talk about your co-workers (with the names changed to protect the innocent – or the guilty). Whatever motivates you will almost certainly motivate countless numbers of others worldwide. Don’t believe me? Well you’re reading THIS, aren’t you?

So using any or all of these 5 additional suggestions, you can easily make this year one of your best teaching years ever. Remember Henry Ford’s advice: “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” It’s up to you – now get to work and good luck.


For some great tips, tricks and techniques for quickly and easily learning virtually any of the world’s 6912 living languages just click HERE

7 Ways to Help Make This Your Best English or Foreign Language Teaching Year Ever

“Whatever you are, be a good one”, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president reputedly said. So why not set out to make 2008 your best teaching year ever? How? Well, here are seven suggestions you might want to consider and implement.

The Magnificent Seven

1. Subscribe to and Read a teaching Technical periodical publication

There are a number of TEFL related periodicals online and in print which can provide you a flow of new ideas, tips and techniques to get you out of your rut and keep you out of it.

2. Create and Post a Video Series

No question about it, video has exploded its online presence in a major way during the past several months. YouTube.com is no small contributor to this phenomenon and there’s certainly no reason why you too shouldn’t get on the bandwagon by creating and posting videos of your own.

3. Take or Teach an Extension Course

You’re already a teacher so why teach during your time off? Simple, teach something other that your principle topics. Try teaching a hobby or other interest, a sport, a skill or other ability you might have and want to expand on.

4. Take a Short Seminar

Long a staple method for rapid improvement, take a short course or seminar evenings, weekends or during semester breaks. There are short and medium length courses from one-day to one month on a myriad of topics, so just take your pick, feed your inner soul and watch yourself grow.

5. Try Some New Didactics and Techniques in Your Classes

Talk with colleagues, former professors, go online, visit websites and chat rooms to get some extra tips and techniques to try out with your learners. Very likely, you’ll be glad you did.

6. Go on a Teaching Vacation

What? You say? Take a teaching vacation during my vacation from teaching? Yes, that’s right. But this time it’ll be different. How? Well, you can teach a short course or summer course in another location. Live in the USA? Then teach a course abroad in Asia, Europe or Latin America. Live in a Latin American country? The go teach in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia or Africa. Are you in Europe? Go to Australia, Latin America, Asia or Africa. The change of venue will charge your batteries like nothing else you can imagine. You could also try changing the learner group you normally teach too. Teens to adults or business professionals, Technical English classes your forte? Swap for a children’s summer camp.

7. Get Yourself a Raise

Prepare your accomplishments as a presentation for your administration. Detail your seminars, publications and seminar or short course attendance to boost your image. What do you think would happen if you sent a copy of an article or book you’ve published to your boss, the administration and the language department heads of every school, institute and related educational facility in your area complete with your contact information and a short introductory note? Nothing? Don’t you believe it!

So using any, many, most or even all of these 7 suggestions, you can easily make this year one of your best teaching years ever. Remember Abe Lincoln’s advice: “Whatever you are, be a good one”. If you’d like even more suggestions for making this year one of your best ever, stay tuned for more coming soon.

For some great tips, tricks and techniques for quickly and easily learning virtually any of the world’s 6912 living languages just click HERE.