But now, one year later, I learned a lot. How Triond really works, what articles get lots of views and also, my english improved a bit. I would like to share some of the knowledge I gathered.

The first thing I learned, is that Triond has actually a very specific category of people reading articles. Apparently, they all like articles in the style of '10 strange X' or 'The 15 weirdest Y ever'. Articles with the title '10 websites for ABC' also get a lot of views. So far, I have written many articles in that style and of which I feel are capable of earning me some bucks, but only one of my articles has ever been a real hit. It was, and still is, titled 'Six websites for space and aircraft tracking'. One day, it was the second best article, and afterwards it was seventh for about a week, and then died. It's a very nice article, and has earned me 15,91$ ever since. Since I first started Triond, I have earned 42,23$, so that article earned one third of my total money. I was also very surprised when it started getting a lot of views, because I could see them add up when I just refreshed (in total it has over 10,000 views).

Another thing I learned is that once you've got one great article, you can easily remain at the top because people will also click your other articles, expecting something similar. That's why there are several people, around ten, who continuously have popular articles.

Still, I think Triond is a great and also unique site! It has been a fun year of making mistakes, learning, having people add me as a friend for no reason, people asking me how to write great articles and much, much more!
I love Triond and the way it works, and I'm trying to keep writing articles. I've got some great ideas, I just gotta be a little less lazy and maybe, if I'm very lucky, I'l have some more popular articles!

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One paragraph. Yes, just one. After this advice, frustration shows. My fellow writers explain it cannot be done, more details show the whole story, or the subplots need mentioning due to equal importance.

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You must propose your main plot-and only your main plot-in the query letter because you want to pitch fast and hold the agent or editor's attention. It shows you can choose the right words and focus on the big picture. This is the main reason you want to do this.

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I'm going to tell you the real reason: The pitch you use will be the same pitch an agent uses to court an editor. It will be the same pitch the editor uses to convince the publishing house. It will be the same pitch the publisher uses to get your book in the stores. And-this will thrill you-it will be the blurb on the book's back or jacket.

That's right. You're not only working your query letter, but the pitches for everyone else in the game. So remember the next time you want to go on and on with the plot portion within your query letter-if you can't pitch the project in ten seconds or less, neither can anyone else.

And that means no sale for all involved.