Wednesday 6 February 2013

Tips to Write Awesome Articles ;D

1. Create an outline for your article
Your article should include a headline, introduction, body and conclusion.

Headline - make this as catchy as possible because your reader will read this first then decide if he or she will continue reading the rest of the article. i.e.
"7 Highly Effective Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence"

Introduction - introduce the topic / problem you will be discussing in your article or write a short story of your experience with the problem.

Body - discuss all the solutions to the problem you outlined in the introduction. Break up each point into separate paragraphs and keep them to about 5 lines. You may want to create a sub-heading for each point. This makes it easier to read as most people will scan your article when reading.

Conclusion - this should include a brief summary of your article and a call for the reader to take action. i.e. "learn to love all your strengths and weaknesses and start challenging yourself for that self- confidence you desire"

p/s: Write with style - write in an informal style, like you would explain your topic to a friend. Don't worry too much about correcting mistakes or how it sounds. This may interrupt the flow of thoughts you want to write about. You can always correct them later.

2. Take a break

After you have written the article, come back to it after several hours, a day or several days. This will enable you to take a fresh look at it, find new mistakes or even want to rewrite a paragraph or two to make it flow better.

3. Check your article

After writing your article, run it through a spell checker first, then read it through a few times to check for spelling mistakes the spell checker may have missed and to correct the grammar and punctuation. Make sure it  flows well by clearly identifying the problem, providing a solution and concluding with an action step or steps. Get someone else to read it over. Often they will find the mistakes that you missed.

<3,
Pn Azura AA :D

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