You had to write short essays in junior high or middle school. Then in high school, you expanded the lengths of these essays and reports. If you went to college, you probably even had to write complete chapters. Through this experience, you probably, like most, grew to hate writing anything! But now you're at a time when writing articles could help your business grow fast, and facing the job at hand you may still be faced with unfriendly behavior.
While there are a great number of people who do not have the same attitude in article writing as others, there are still those who would rather chew on needles or eject from a high speed jet, than do any article writing. What set some people apart from others in their attitude toward article writing is that they are prepared and have some methods and procedures to follow for writing articles.
One method you can use to prepare yourself when diving into writing an article is creating an outline first. Creating an outline for all your articles makes you much better prepared. You have an idea of what to do first and make and a complete plan for the subsequent steps. Being prepared makes the job easier and faster. Being organized will allow to be distracted, yet pick up where you left off. No quitting because you lost track of your ideas.
An outline can act as the design or blueprint for your article. This will guide you in creating the introduction, body and conclusion of your article. To get started, you can write down some of the ideas and sentences that you feel will look good in your article. This could be some of the focal point that could help make your article creative, interesting and appealing to a reader.
A reasonably planned and prepared project will guarantee a problem and worry free procedure that will move along without any hassles. Creating an outline for all your articles will get you ready to breeze through writing an article in no time at all. Here are some tips and guidelines on how to create an outline for all of your articles:
Do some brainstorming and jot down your brilliant ideas first. Think of some ways to attract the interest of your reader. Designate a time frame where you can write down all the ideas that you can use for your articles. By this time you should have done all your research and information searching. Review your ideas and notes, gain mastery and sufficient familiarity with your topic so that writing them down later on will be easy for you.
The next step is to create your sub topic and sub titles. Create and opening sentence or two that will immediately grab the attention of your reader without giving away what you will reveal. Think of the sub topics or steps to do, get or achieve whatever the main topic is about. To be concise, you would need to get all the facts that will support and go against your point.
Now you have the framework of your article. Its time to add the real content. You will need to connect all your paragraphs and sub topics. This will form the body of your Article. While the introduction will grabs their interest, you will need a conclusion. The conclusion will wrap up your points and drive your targeted reader to your author's resource box.
From the completed outline, you can write your first draft. This may take several run throughs, but remember that is why it is called a draft. Your outline shall be perfected as each draft is written and this draft is meant for your eyes only so there’s no reason to feel ashamed. The more you do this, the better you get, and the fewer re-writes you will need.
Reread and reread what you have written down . Always refer to your outline so that you wont drift away from what you had first written down. Its not hard to be caught in the moment and get lost in your writing frenzy. Your outline will help you keep in track. The short amount of time spent outlining your article will not go to waste. This will serve as your guide for keeping your aricle focused. Trust and rely on your outline because this will prove to be a very helpful tool for saving time while writing all of your articles.