Easy Steps To Writing Articles People Will Read

Four Easy Steps To Writing Articles People Will Read

Written by on Jan 26th, 2008 | Filed under: Article Writing

Because writing can be a big source of online income, it’s important to learn how to write effective articles that people will want to read.

STEP ONE: BE CONCISE
Internet users don’t want to read long passages with lots of extraneous detail. They want information in an easily-digestible format that can be absorbed quickly.

Break up your ideas into short paragraphs.
Use bolded titles to separate different parts of an article
Use numbered lists or bullet-points.

STEP TWO: INCLUDE PICTURES
A picture truly is worth a thousands words on the net. Images are pleasing to the eye and can be used to break up text or draw the reader in. You can find some copyright-free and high-quality images at sxc.hu.

STEP THREE: WRITE FOR THE READER
Pretend you’re reading the article that you’re writing. Would you take the time to read it? Would you Stumble it? Is it Digg-worthy material? Constantly think about what you can do to improve it.

STEP FOUR: CHOOSE POPULAR TOPICS
Even if your article is amazing, writing about how you saw a pretty bird on your windowsill most likely won’t be popular. From my experience, these are topics that people read about: