Write your Publishable Article Fast--With an Angle!

Written by Judy Cullins


Write your Publishable Article Fast--With an Angle! Judy Cullins © 2003. All Rights Reserved

You want your business to be noticed by thousands daily. Online ezine publishers and webmasters are constantly looking for new, original content. They want and need your articles. This is a promotion marriage made in heaven. But you will have a much better chance of being chosen if you write an article that solves a problem for your audience. Give each article an angle.

Let's assume they are business people like yourself who need a problem solved--to stop procrastinating, write a book, promote their business, develop a loving relationship.

What Format Suits You?

1. Write a how-to-article.

Information hungry people want this one! First, open with a hook--something that will entice your reader to keep reading. Then, write a short introduction onrepparttar background ofrepparttar 129245 problem andrepparttar 129246 need for your solutions. Follow with solutions in a new paragraph. You can number these if you wish.

Don't worry about giving awayrepparttar 129247 store.Readers will judge you by your concise style and content, and will be attracted to see what else you offer.

Make a list of topics you know or that relate to your business. Take one at a time and write a short piece on it. You can write a short article under 500 words or a longer one if you desire.

For solutions torepparttar 129248 problem, give information and resources that will assist your audience. Here's some sample article titles from my clients: How to Procrastinate to Your Heart's Desires; How to Create Employees Who Can Hardly Wait to Get to WorkEach Day; Promote your Coaching and Speaking Business Through Free Articles.

2. Write tips.

This kind of article takesrepparttar 129249 shortest time to write and is alsorepparttar 129250 easiest format. Always include an introduction with your thesis--repparttar 129251 point you want to prove, orrepparttar 129252 problem you are about to solve. Usually one or two sentences are enough. Include a one or two sentence conclusion in which you add one more punchy way to stimulate your reader to act. Remember to include your power- packed signature file below each article or tip.

To write a tip:

1. Start with a command such as " Do this."

2. Follow that byrepparttar 129253 consequence of not followingrepparttar 129254 tip.Or, show a benefit of followingrepparttar 129255 tip.

3. Show examples or resources to solve a problem and putrepparttar 129256 tip into action.

Write an article with 3, 5, 7 or 10 tips in it. It's best to give a complete tip as listed above rather than just list 29 tips.

Client examples: "Seven Mistakes People Make When they Create a Web Site" or "10 Ways to Organize your Online Office."

Improve Your Writing

Written by Nicole Murphy


None of us will be brilliant writersrepparttar moment we first pick up a pen or hitrepparttar 129243 keyboard. It’s a fact. We’re beginners and while some will be beginning with better skills and understandings than others, none of us will berepparttar 129244 best writer we can be.

Improving your writing is one ofrepparttar 129245 great parts of being a writer. There’s no greater feeling than picking up a story you wrote a year ago or even six months ago, picking up allrepparttar 129246 mistakes you made and realising you don’t do it any more. I bet you can go up to any well known writer and ask them what they think ofrepparttar 129247 first thing they published andrepparttar 129248 response will be something alongrepparttar 129249 lines of: “I’m glad it was published because it got me started but quite frankly, I read it now and I shudder."

It can seem overwhelming, when you consider how good you want to be and how far you need to go to achieve it. A famous quote is that you need to write a million words before you can be a good writer. The follow ideas will help you make steady progress in your writing and achieve that aim of beingrepparttar 129250 best you can be.

1). Practise, practise, practise. Yes, you’ve heard it all before. Write every day. Or at least regularly. And it’s true. Writing is a skill and like all skills, will only improve if you practise. If you’re only going to write once a month or will write ferociously for several weeks and then not again for six months, you can’t expect your writing muscles to develop. Even if it’s only one hundred words a day (and that will only take ten minutes or so), write as often and as regularly as you can.

2). Pick one weakness and work on it. Don’t try to improve every aspect of your writing all at once. The first thing I decided to work on was Point Of View (POV). I got books, asked questions in online forums and wrote a lot, focussing my attention simply on POV. I not only got a handle on POV but foundrepparttar 129251 style of POV that best suited my writing.

Once you’re feeling confident about that area, pick another one and focus on it. Sometimes, you might only need a week or two to get a handle on an idea. Sometimes, it might take you months before you feel really comfortable withrepparttar 129252 way your writing looks and sounds.

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