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How To Write An Effective Article

June 20, 2008 · Print This Article

by Theo McLanahan

Writing articles is an effective way to express yourself, whether for website promotion, your blog, or to become a professional writer.

Remember that “Content is King”. The better way you organize your ideas, the more publicity you get. Two basic points to be kept in mind while writing an article are:-

1. Keep the language as simple as possible You want your writing to reach the largest possible number of readers, so you want to write it in the simplest language you can while still getting your points across. Writers for magazines and newspapers often write to a fourth grade reading level.

In other words, they’re using language that could be understood by a fourth grade reader.

That’s not to say they can’t write at a higher level, just that they don’t want to limit their readers by their reading skills. There are obviously some cases where you’ll need to write at a more advanced level - a technical article or political commentary for example. Only do this when necessary, however.

(2) Represent your ideas in an interesting manner Your ideas should be represented in such a way that they are useful to the audience. The better you frame your ideas, more readers will be attracted towards your article. Organize your ideas in such a manner that it entertains the readers. Make sure that don’t write whole descriptive stuff so that the readers feel bored. Most of the articles written for the internet or for magazines are in classic style known as “five paragraph essay”, which is an ideal format for writing articles in brief. If this style is followed then you can express your ideas in a very beautiful way with the good and interesting start and end.

Step-by-Step Guide to the Five Paragraph Essay

1. First paragraph - A brief introduction to the topic of the article and related ideas.

2) Second, Third and fourth paragraphs: Which will support or expand points in the introduction in the simple and creative language.

3. Fifth paragraph - Conclude and summarize the topic of the article, leaving the reader with the purpose of the article.

Thus, you can surely write well for magazines or Internet if you can effectively write five paragraph essays in clear and understandable language. So, by using simplest possible language and organizing your ideas in an effective manner, you can become successful article writer using a conversational style and with the help of “Spellings and Grammar” facility in word software. Go Ahead and Keep Writing with full confidence!!

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