Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Article Writing: Tips for Success

By Theo McLanahan

One great way to convey your thoughts and feelings with the goal of becoming a professional writer, is writing articles.

Keep in mind that better organized articles receive a greater amount of publicity. Content is what determines the quality of your article. When you write an article, youll want to be thinking about:

1. Use the simplest language possible

In order to contact as many people as possible with your words, you need use simple language. Why? It will appeal to a greater audience. Professional writers most frequently target an audience at what they call the fourth grade level.

All that this term really means is that their style of expressing opinions or reporting events uses the simplest language possible.

Dont confuse this practice with a lack of ability to write using higher language skills. Simple language is used to expose the writing to a large audience. Naturally, not just any topic can be handled in this manner. Politics, social issues, and technical commentary demand more complicated language. These niche markets are the exceptions, not the rules. A direct, easily understood writing style that is readily grasped by a large number of people is the best recipe for successful writing.

2. Represent your ideas in an interesting manner

Readers will want to gain something beneficial from what they read. If your ideas are well arranged, they will draw the attention of more readers, so be entertaining! One useful way to hone your skills is making good use of a very well known style of article writing, often referred to as a five paragraph essay. These are frequently used online and in magazines. The approach is great for brief, yet interesting articles that maintain their quality from the first sentence right down to the very last. Dont fill them will unnecessary descriptions that can bore your readers.

Five paragraph essay " Step by step guide

1) First paragraph: Introduction-to represent the actual topic and related concepts in brief.

2) Second, Third, and Fourth paragraphs: Making good use of creative simplicity, these paragraphs develop your topic and supportive points from the introduction.

3) Fifth paragraph: Conclusion " Combines a summary of your points and emphasizes the articles intended goal.

Learning to write five paragraph essays skillfully will enable you to produce clear, attention capturing, well written articles for magazines and online sources. A simple, easy to understand writing style combined with well arranged thoughts (not to mention your computers priceless ability to check both grammar and spelling) will have you writing confidently and successfully before you know it!

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