Rewriting PLR really isn’t as hard or time consuming as it sounds. It can actually be done pretty quickly. The main purpose of rewriting PLR is to make the article sound like your own.  You want to interject your personality and writing style into the article.  Your readers will never know that the article was a PLR article.

I use PLR content and this is how I rewrite any articles I want to use:

1. Change the title – Rewriting the title is the first step for me.  I read the PLR article, determine what I want the purpose of the article to be, and then create an appropriate title for that article.  I must admit, I often change the titles after I am done with the rewrite, because sometimes articles just come out differently than we planned.
2. Break the article up into sections – If the PLR article is not already broken into paragraphs I do this now.  Or if the paragraphs are long, I break them out.  You want to have a clear introduction, body, and closing.  The body can be multiple paragraphs if needed.  If the paragraph deals with two different thoughts, then it needs to be made into two paragraphs.
3. Rewrite the introduction – You can actually do this in two different ways.  You can rewrite each sentence or rewrite the entire paragraph at once.  I personally like to rewrite the paragraph at once.  I read the introduction and then summarize the introduction into my own words.  This is my new introduction paragraph.
4. Rewrite the body – Going paragraph by paragraph, I apply the same technique I used for the introduce for the body of the article.  I summarize the content into my own words.
5. Rewrite the closing -  While I do some summarization in the closing of a paragraph, I also try to add something to make it relate more to my readers, an affiliate recommendation, or a question for my readers to answer.
6. Add a photo – I love seeing photos in a blog post.  It helps to visual concepts and ideas and if the right photo is used can add value to your article.

Using PLR articles can save you time in creating content even if you have to rewrite the PLR articles.  It takes some of the stress off of you on having to continually brainstorm ideas for posts and articles.  I am not a natural writer.  It is not something that comes easy to me.  Using PLR makes it easier for me to consistently create new content for my sites.

Any questions so far?  Tomorrow is our last day on the PLR series and I will be explaining how to find quality PLR and sharing some additional great resources.