CANDID QUOTES AND ONE-LINERS Kids say most unexpected things, and people say most interesting, surprising or even shocking lines when we least expect to hear them say these lines. Overheard lines in a conversation can sometimes spark your creative mind. Write down these one-liners in your notebook. They can be great story starters.

GOOD BOOKS AND QUIRKY ADS Read good books. Keep a file of memorable lines or quotes. Write down quirky billboard ads. Scan papers for one-liners. These are good idea stimulators.

EMOTIONS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT Describe what you feel at any given moment. If you feel angry right now, write what your anger feels like. Describe it. Use vivid words. Don't skimp on adjectives.

Writers are like store owners: Store owners stock supplies in their shelves, while we writers stock ideas between pages of our notebooks.

It's endless. It's bottomless. You can reach down again and again for inspiration without exhausting your notebook of reserve.

So take a peek in your notebook and you just might find something there that could connect your pen to paper on your desk.

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*Your business - What are some of things you do in your business that are helpful and efficient? Maybe way you organize your time and work. Many people are not too good at this and an article filled with easy to do tips and ideas would be very successful. Take other parts of your work that you could write into a good article. Just about every aspect of your business can be an article, you just need to write it down in an informative, organized fashion.

*Ezines - Ezines are goldmines of information and can harvest numerous ideas for articles. If ezine is listing some places to find link exchanges, you could turn that into an article on how to go about doing link exchanges. The ezine might have some affiliate programs featured. Write an article on what you should look for in an affiliate program.

You might think that because you are not a writer, you would not be able to write articles. NOT TRUE! All you need to do is write something you know about, maybe do some research to back up your facts, and then sit down, start typing as if you were talking to a friend and in no time at all you will have a great article. Your mind will become "trained" into seeing articles in all places. Do not give up if you do not like your first draft. Just change it around a little until you do like it. I have submitted a couple of articles I did not particularly like, but they did surprisingly well!

Writing articles is a very important part of your online business. Do not let your doubt stop you from becoming a successful article author