Wednesday, December 10, 2014
As a blogger and magazine journalist, repurposing work is a concept I’m familiar with—but I don’t always put this strategy to work often enough. When I do, I get my work in front of more potential readers and increase my earning potential, however. That’s why in this nonfiction writing prompt I’d like to encourage you to begin recycling, or reusing, your work.
Get in the habit of looking at everything you produce as content you can repurpose into a new piece of published work. You can recycle a blog post, an article, an e-book, a book, a podcast, a video, a course, or even a social media status update. To do so, you need to change it, freshen it up, add to it, or in some way increase the value of that original content. You also need to make it available to your audience or to a new audience.
Nonfiction Writing Prompt #38: Repurpose Your Work
To complete this nonfiction writing prompt, repurpose one piece of written work into a new piece of work. To achieve this goal, begin by looking over your most recent written work and choosing one piece. You could use recorded work, such as audio or video, but for this particular prompt, start with something simple, such as a blog post, an article or a chapter in a book.
Next, consider how you might repurpose that piece of writing. For ideas, read this post. Also determine where you might publish it.
• Is there a blog where you might submit a guest post created from a post you published on your blog?
• Is there another magazine that would publish your article if you slant it toward a different audience?
• Could you publish an excerpt from your book on a website or in a publication if you added an intro or conclusion targeted to that market?
Now, rewrite, revise, expand, or in some way change and enhance your original piece.
Finally, submit your finished content—your repurposed work—somewhere new! Doing so gives you visibility and possibly a new paycheck.
I’d love to hear how you repurposed your work and if it garnered you more or new readers or a chance to earn additional. Leave me a comment.
For more information on how to repurpose your work,
join the NFWU. When you do, you’ll receive the December Nonfiction Writers’ University (NFWU) homework assignment, which contains a more in-depth look at and prompt on this topic. Plus, you’ll have access to the growing archive (11 months) of past homework assignments and NFWU event recordings as well as recordings of and access to live coaching some introductory gifts worth more than the membership (well over $100 value)! Members also get additional bonuses during the year.
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Nina Amir, the bestselling author of How to Blog a Book and The Author Training Manual, is a speaker, a blogger, and an author, book, and blog-to-book coach. Known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach, she helps creative people combine their passion and purpose so they move from idea to inspired action and positively and meaningfully impact the world as writers, bloggers, authorpreneurs, and blogpreneurs. Some of Nina’s clients have sold 300,000+ copies of their books, landed deals with major publishing houses and created thriving businesses around their books. She is the founder of National Nonfiction Writing Month, aka the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge, and the Nonfiction Writers’ University.
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