Content writers often face this dilemma – how acceptable is paraphrasing? Will it be counted as plagiarism?

The simple answer in both cases is – yes!

To understand why it is wrong, you’ll need to first learn what paraphrasing is.

What Is Paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing is the process of creating seemingly original sentences to express someone else’s opinions or ideas. This often occurs when any content is written with a single source as a basis, leading to text that features different words but delivers the same meaning.

Let’s look into an example to understand paraphrasing better. Here’s an original passage and a paraphrased version which almost resembles the former. Read more →

The art of avoiding fluff and redundant content is one that first-time writers should learn, for them to move from being amateurs to professionals.

The Basics On Fluff And Redundancy

Many content writers experience moments of dismay when editors ruthlessly trim their words, but not many know the reason behind why this happens. This usually happens when writers fluff up their content with unnecessary lines that convey no meaning.

What Is Fluff?

Fluff is constituted by words or sentences that do not contribute any meaning to the core content.

To identify what’s fluff, let’s take a look at an example. Here are two excerpts of Book Descriptions. Read more →