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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.


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

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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.

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