Here’s How You Can Differentiate Between a Fluff Writer And a Genuine Writer

Smita Sinha
2 min readMar 25, 2023

I came across a content that I believe would would be authentic after reading it’s Headline. And There, after reading it I found I had consumed a fluff Content.

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The Lesson I learnt

  • The important Lesson I learnt is that as a writer I am looking for actionable advices.
  • Fluff is not sustainable in the long run for the writer and as well as a reader.
  • The reader may develop a distaste from the fluff writing permanently.

The Fluff Writer Will Take You on An Eternal Dream

A fluff writer is a type of writer who paints a dreamy picture to its audience. There is not a single refrence to actionable parts by the writer. The writer will slightly touch the topics.

So, I have put down parameters that you can use to label them down according to their writing.

Vague Writing

  1. He is vague in approaching the topics.

Generalist Writing

2. Writer is generalistic in his writing approach.

The How is Not Is favourite Word

3. The how part is never talked about in his writing approach.

Beware A clickbates on it Way

4. Click batey titles are used to lure the Audience.

Traffic driven

5. Traffic to his content is all he cares aboutt.

Weak Writing & Research

6. Weak writing and weak research base can be seen as a source of refrence after consuming it.

Beware, Preaching is on its way

7. Too much focus on preachy elements instead of actionable tips.

So you now know about the fluff writer let’s get to know how different he is from a Genuine Writer.

The Tales of Genuine Writer

A genuine writer is a type of writers which which provides you extreme value in a single post.

Useful Info

1.He provides useful information to his readers.

Specific Writing

2. He is specific in his approach to its chosen topics.

The Audience’s Person

3. The writer loves picking the brains of his audience/ readers.

Information Overload

4. There’s tips, Lessons, advices, mention of source, actionable tips, and a bunch of other things.

Solid Writing & Research

5. Strong writing and strong research base can be seen as source of writing.

A Flow of Human Elements

6. Human elements can be seen in their writing and it is the heart and soul of any good writing.

This is how you can mark a clear difference between a genuine writer and a fluff writer.

Found it helpful? If not, you can let me know your thoughts 💭 in the comment section.

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Smita Sinha

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