When I started writing for hire some months ago, I came in believing that I could write articles on anything.

I have now learned that, without something to research, there's sometimes nothing to write about. For instance, I had a guy ask me to write 30 500 word articles on mylar balloons. I went to Google and all I found were links to selling mylar balloons. I went through 300 links; nothing there. At that point I figured going to the library wasn't going to help either.

Another guy wanted me to write 20 500 word articles on different watch brands. As I tried researching the brands, I found that all there was were sales sites once again, and they weren't saying anything about the brands in general, only a brief blurb about different watches. I knew those would be boring articles, so with nothing really to say, I had to decline that gig also.

But my mind keeps wondering if someone else could have figured out how to write those articles. I mean, if not one article already exists anywhere so you can even get an idea of how to proceed, does that mean as I said, that the lack of material to research will kill some subjects, or just that those potential articles are waiting for someone to make stuff up just to get them written?

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