3 Main Tips for Writing Articles along with 3 mini tips on your word choice

Written by Laura Hickey


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1. Editing- Proof read your articles and remember to use your spell checker. Grammar and spelling mistakes can easily turn your editor away.

2. Simple Language Structuring- You may be an expert in your field, but for others reading about your topic forrepparttar first time, your content should be simple. Make sure your sentences aren't run-ons. Are you teaching something? Break down aspects of your article into steps. This will ensure your reader understands your topic better.

3. Be careful ofrepparttar 128636 word “the”- “The” is a common word that sometimes is repeated too many times inrepparttar 128637 article, causing your article to become repetitious. Use “the” repeatedly if you're trying to make a point.

3.Passion

No, I'm not talking about romance. Passion and excitement in your article. The topic that you choose to write about should excite you. It should be something you enjoy, something you love. If it's a topic you're not truly interested if, it's going to show in your writing. Especially if it's an article that you put together in 5 or so minute. Use words to “pump” up your article, actions, appeal to one's senses if it's about cooking. Haverepparttar 128638 reader become excited and motivated if it's a teaching article.

Laura Hickey is author of Mysterious Chills and Thrills for Kids. Ten Short Stories to Tickle the Imagination. "Spooky" "Awesome" "Unpredictable" Isn't it time you entered the world where shadows lurk and each page turn could be your doom... http://www.laurahickey.com


Can An Old Indian Engineer Write Fiction?

Written by Michael LaRocca


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"3. English is my second language, and I live in India, so naturallyrepparttar feel and nuances ofrepparttar 128634 language are absent."

Before I answer this one, I have to push aside some personal prejudices. Namely, my love of what Indians do with English. Read their authors. Eat at their restaurants. Drink deep. Then go home and decompress for a few days. They'll pop your fuses.

Writing in a second language. I accept that as a valid drawback. I've been saying for many years that I admire anyone who writes in a second language. I've spent over 30 years trying to write in my first language, and I may never "master" this. Can anyone except Shakespeare claim to master it? Without lying, I mean. But how much of this is "language" and how much is "writing?" I don't know, and we can't ask Shakespeare.

(Well, we can, but I don't believe he'll answer. If you do, that's definitely beyondrepparttar 128635 scope of this article.)

As an editor, I've worked with a wide variety of second-language authors. Turkish, German, Dutch, ethnic Chinese from all overrepparttar 128636 globe. They do things with English that I would never think to do. Often, they make me wonder I didn't think to do them.

Let me turn this around. Who decided only Americans, Aussies and Brits could decide how English is written? Why is every list of "100 greatest authors" populated with only dead white guys? I mean, I know some live white guys who write pretty well. One day Canada or New Zealand might even produce an English speaker.

Okay, I'll be serious. Briefly. I realize that many of my sentiments absolutely will not get you published inrepparttar 128637 Western mainstream. But you need to ask yourself how important that is to you.

I've spent much of 2004 writing "Madness And Bombast" columns for my newsletter that are 100% unpublishable by any mainstream standards. I've enjoyed writing every word. It beats swimming withrepparttar 128638 salmon. Over 1500 subscribers have read those words. Why did you they that? Is it because they knowrepparttar 128639 mainstream isn'trepparttar 128640 only stream?

Michael LaRocca's website at http://freereads.topcities.com was chosen by WRITER'S DIGEST as one of The 101 Best Websites For Writers in 2001 and 2002. He published four novels in 2002 and has two more scheduled for publication in 2004. He also works as an editor for an e-publisher. He teaches English at a university in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, and publishes the free weekly newsletter Mad About Books.


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