• Julius Topohozin

A good post or writing is about how you creatively combine words into sentences that eventually make a coherent and comprehensive whole.

Many people claim to be writers but the truth is soon unveiled when their works are made to pass through the prism of editing. There and then, the weakness of the entire writing comes to the fore and then collapses because it is wanting in substance.

Perhaps, you have been churning out articles but you don’t get the required engagements. Wait! Before you lean your weight on the decline in the reading culture, first examine what you have been writing. Have you been churning out bad articles and mistaking them for good? It is better to remove the beam in the eyes of your writing, before shifting the blame on poor reading culture. To this end, here are five reasons your posts don’t get engagement.

1. Your Posts Are Full Of Grammatical Errors

If your posts contain too many errors, then it will be a turn-off to interested readers who want to read what you have written. Henceforth, you want to make sure that your write-ups are error-free.

2. You Lack Knowledge About Your Topic

Another reason why your post may not be engaged is because you lack understanding about your topic and that shows in the quality of what you have written. Never underestimate your readers because many of them may have formed the habit of reading widely and so they can judge a good writing and a bad one. It is not a bad thing to write about a topic you are not familiar with but you can cover for that lapse by doing a thorough research about it.

3. Do a Thorough Research

Before you begin writing on any topic even if you are familiar with it, it is important you do a thorough research. As this will help you to write like an authority- someone with proven knowledge of what he/she is writing about. This will give you an edge and no one will even notice that you have only researched the topic to update your knowledge.

4. Submit Your Work To Be Critiqued

No one likes their weaknesses to become a topic of discussion. However, anyone who desires growth will embrace positive criticism. When you submit your work to be critiqued, you get to see where your mistakes are and how to improve on them. You may not be able to spot the errors in your own work because you are familiar with it. That is why it is important to let others judge the quality of your work. Don’t ever make a post until it has gone through proper editing.

5 . Read, Read and Read

Someone once said: You are as the books you read. Writers are voracious readers and that is why great writers pull tons of crowd to their writings. Reading broadens your knowledge. If you don’t read you will not write well. It is as simple as that! You can’t be a good writer without devoting quality time to reading. When you read, you come across a lot of writing styles, great topics and ideas that you can equally write on. When you commit to reading, before long, the quality of your writing will improve.

Conclusion

Writing involves a lot of processes and you cannot afford to skip a process. Otherwise, the entire writing will crumble like a stack of badly mounted blocks. Remember that your post will travel millions of miles that you may never likely get to in your lifetime. Also, your post is a physical representation of your person and so, you want to dress it in the most adorable attire. If you can follow the points highlighted above, your posts will not only garner engagements, it will also earn you some money.

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