How to Write a Hub in Ten Minutes
68I was browsing hubs yesterday, and came across one by Kangaroo Jack that asked whether it was possible to write a hub in ten minutes. I think it is very possible, so I am setting to do just that. The trick is to stop when the timer buzzes and call the hub done.
The timer is set, so if this hub ends abruptly, you will understand why.
Why The Ten Minute Hub
Why am I interested in writing a hub in ten minutes?
Well, I am participating in the 100 Hubs in 30 days challenge. I have about 30 hubs to go and only three days to do it, so I need to find a faster way to write hubs.
I was thinking about not finishing at all, and being satisfied with the progress I have made, but then I wondered what I would do if I was still working in the corporation. My boss would tell me that if I had a deadline, then I would have to meet it. He may give me some slack about how to meet the deadline, but my reputation and the firm's reputation would be on the line. Even if the customer was willing to extend it, he would make me try to find a way to make it work.
So, in this and future hubs, I am planning on providing quality content, as I promised. However, I am going to give myself slack about links and photos to go with the hubs. It really is the only way that I am going to manage to write almost thirty hubs in three days.
I hope you will forgive me for the allowance I have given myself. I promise to go back and add the links and photos after the thirty days are up.
Another allowance I am giving myself is to not count what hub number I am on. I find this take up a great deal of my time. Just know that I am shooting for 100 hubs.
Thank you for your time to read this hub and for your allowance. My ten minutes aren't up yet and I figure I might as well keep on typing until it is. I really can get a lot written in ten minutes, although I have to admit that I planned out this hub while I was going for a walk, when I had an idea to let you know my plans. Otherwise, it might have been difficult to think of what to write about and only have ten minutes to do that.
Enjoy your week, and I hope that you will enjoy coming back to read my hubs when they are all prettied up with pictures and dividers and such. I have been reading MissOlive's tips about how to bling your hubs, and I am hoping to get to do that after Wednesday, when my thirty days is up.
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Thank you mljdgulley354. I am so close, I have to go ahead and finish.
Good luck with your challenge! Out of interest, what has your traffic increase been like after writing so many hubs so quickly? I would be interested to know!
Good luck!
Good luck on your 100 hubs in 30 days! I may try something like that for a New Years resolution, but too hectic for me this month. To write a Hub in 10 minutes, I might could do a short poem or a joke. Maybe.
Thank you chuckbl for your comment and encouragement. I have had an increase in traffic, but I am not sure how much has to do with aging of my old hubs and how much has been the increase in the number of hubs. I am guessing but I don't think writing 3 hubs a day has given me any more traffic than writing 1 hub a day, mostly because I don't have the time to bring in more traffic. These hubs have to age too, so maybe it will help me more in the future. I am planning on publishing my stats on my 100th hub.
ChaplinSpeaks, thank you for your encouragement. It is a difficult challenge. You have to find the time to write 100 hubs, which amounts to 3 hubs a day only if you work every single day, including weekends and holidays. This also means you have to come up with 100 ideas for hubs, do the research, and as I was doing previously, adding graphics, links, etc. It isn't easy, but now that I've come so far, I am willing to do what it takes to accomplish the goal.
I wish I could do the 100 hubs in 30 days challenge... Best of luck!
That would be very interesting! I look forward to your 100th hub! Good luck!
Thank you Moira. If you can't do the 100 hubs in 30 days challenge, you can make up a different one that is more do-able.
Thank you chuckbl.
I admore you for doing the 100 in 30 days challenge. I could never do it. I have a bunch of hubs planned where I actually have files of half written articles. Every once in a while I get some creative ideas to add something more to one of another. Eventually I complete one and then publish it. That method is not conducive to writing 100 Hubs in 30 days. I guess we all have a different way of handling it. What works for you is all that counts.
Great work. I was astonished to see your articles, both in quality and quantity in such a small time. How to join 100 hubs in 30 days challenge? Is there a link?
Thank you Glenn. I tend to write articles half way too, then come back and finish them. The trick is to come back to them sooner rather than later.
Thank you Ruchi for your comment and compliment. I learned about the 100 Hubs in 30 days challenge here:
http://melbel.hubpages.com/hub/HubPageWriMo
But it is really flexible and you can challenge yourself to do this or create your own challenge.
Great hub!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna get myself a stopwatch ;)
My goal right now is to write a hub in under 60min.
Dedmoroz - thanks. I do hope you try it. I found myself taking hours writing hubs, and they didn't seem any better in quality than the ones I wrote in one hour. (One hour is much more reasonable than ten minutes).
I think the problem was that I allowed myself to get distracted, and took too long in thinking through decisions that didn't make the hub any better in the long run. The timer really does help me reigned in.
hmmm.......i must confess i admire ur courage, really wish i could try this some day.Best of luck
Thank you foxywriter! I succeeded in my challenge, and hope to do it again someday, maybe in the fall.
Chuckbl and others who are interested. I finished the challenge, and provided my statistics here:
http://millionairetips.hubpages.com/hub/My-Progres
Since then my views continue to increase, even though the volume of my hubs has slowed down significantly.
mljdgulley354 Level 7 Commenter 5 months ago
You are brave to try 100 hubs in 30 days. Wish you luck