Lots of people in the internet marketing business will tell you that the video is becoming powerful.  There is no doubt.  However, what is still heavily dominating the internet for still a long long time to come is written content.

Don't be mistaken, written content is still VERY powerful. You can still grab an ebook under your arm, but you might not be able to watch a video anywhere, unless you have a lap top with you.  Article directories and blogs are more than ever content angry. That is why article marketing is big free advertising.

However, many new comers don't find writing a natural thing to do, and they are having a hard time with it.  So, if this is you, what can you do about it?

The first thing you need to do is NOT writing, it's reading. The reason why I am able to write articles on about any kind of subjects, many times for other people who hire me, it's because I do research.

For example, if I am asked to write an article about "solar system energy" which I know nothing about I will go on Google and type the subject of my article. One of the first results that will pop up is Wikipedia. There, you will find all the factual answers about the subject.

At this point, the last thing you want to do is write an article with all those facts. What you need to do is just read the whole Wikipedia page, just read and  digest your reading as you go and take a few notes.

Once  you are done with Wikipedia, click a few more links, or maybe go on Amazon and try to find some book extracts on the subject.  Just spend an hour or so, just reading.  Do not write at this time, expect for notes.

Once you are done reading, write as if you were trying to explain what you've read to someone.  In your writing try to insert your own opinion, your own point of  view about what you've learned. This is what will make your writing more personal,  or better said, it is what will make your article have more personality. This is what will make your article sounds different than all the blend articles out there!

Your articles are basically your own reflexion upon your research.  

One thing you must do to become a good writer is write. The more you write the better you will become, and the writing will seem easier and easier as well as faster and faster as time goes on.  Writing is like exercise, the more you do it, the easier it becomes.

Because of my experience I can now read no more than 10 lines to come up with a 400+ article.  In the end noting in my article is what I read in those 10 lines.  Those lines where just to give me the spark, the idea that I needed, and then when I start writing it's like a snowball... it grows and grows with one idea coming after another, until the article is done.

This can happen to you with practice. This can happen to just about anyone, even those who said they can't write.