21 August 2009

Tips for a Successful Article

By Leigh-Ann Lemire

Do you think you can't write? That is probably not the case. You are just unaware of the guidelines to follow to write an article that is interesting to readers. Sometimes you can read two different articles on the same subject and realize that one of them gets your attention while the other one is just plain boring, or worse, incomprehensible.

Don't get mired down in the English grammar, punctuation and spelling. Yes, we all should have learned this stuff in school, but in case you weren't paying attention then, your word processing program will correct a lot of that stuff for you. You will still need to proof the article, but it's much easier nowadays. If you can talk in a way that people can understand you, you can write an interesting article. And if you need more words so that you aren't repeating yourself, try a right click in MS Word, then a click on synonyms on the menu that pops up.

So what makes one piece of writing interesting while another on the same subject is boring? This is what we will explore in the next few paragraphs.

To begin writing an interesting article you must have clear in your mind what your purpose for writing the article is. For example, a purpose for writing an article could be to explain in layman's terms how chelation therapy works (it is a medical procedure for removing heavy metals and oxidants from the body). Or another purpose could be to describe easy steps for building a TV antenna out of coat hangars. If you don't nail down your purpose for writing the article, you will wind up with a confusing hodge podge.

Give examples in your writing. See paragraph above for use of examples. They make it much more interesting and help explain your subject so the reader understands.

Figure out who exactly will read your article, and write as if you are speaking to those readers. Keep your use of language and specialized terms within the vocabulary of those people who will use the information. You could say "computer programs for robots" if you were writing for a high school science class, instead of "qualitative reasoning" if you were writing for math and computer science professors. (Now there's an example thrown in without stating that it is an example.)

Keep your sentences and paragraphs to a reasonable length. It is just easier to read shorter, rather than longer, sentences and paragraphs. After all, you want your articles to be read and most readers will chose the shorter sentence, paragraph, article, especially if they are in a hurry at the time they find your article.

Companies exist to do the writing for you in case you are intimidated by the challenge. So if you rather have a professional ghost write for you or even if you just want your article spiced up and rewritten, visit www.naturalgrowthmarketing.com. Natural Growth marketing specializes in writing and distributing articles very professionally.

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