Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Check List For Clarity and Style

Emphasis
Do the beginning and ending of sentences stress main ideas and move from old information to new?
Are equally important ideas linked through coordination?
Are less important ideas deemphasized through subordination?

Parallelism
Have you used parallel constructions to show the equivalence of elements connected by and or not only, but, also ect?

Variety and details
Have you varied sentence lengths and structures to stress your main ideas and hold reader’s attention?
Are your sentences well detailed so your audience will find them interesting?

Exact words
Are your words suited to your meaning and also concrete and specific?

Appropriate words
Is your language appropriate for your writing situation?
Have you avoided biased or sexist language?

Conciseness
Have you used the active voice?
Have you cut empty words and unneeded repetition?

Your writing will be much improved if you use these techniques as part of your writing style.
More information about these techniques can found by visiting here: http://tinyurl.com/34jghl

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Are you targeting your readers?

Targeted readers are the people who are most likely going to read your article and respond to your offer. They are the people who want what you've got.

If your using articles to promote a newsletter/ezine, blog, affliate program, seminar, service, product, or website you need to know who your audience is so you can reach them.

Following this rule will give you a big advantage over your competion because many writers do not consider their target market when they begin the writing process.

Articles will increase your traffic but it's not enough to have people stopping by at your site, they have to people who are really interested in what you have to offer so you can get the most bang for you buck.

So, who are your targeted readers?

Start by asking yourself some of these questions

  • Who do you want to read your article?
  • What are those people looking for when they go online?
  • What kind of information are they searching for?
  • Do they have any problems related to what you have to offer?

Knowing the answers to these questions will help you to write articles that go right to the heart of your targeted readers.

You shouldn't be trying to write articles that will appeal to everyone... know your target audience and write for them.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Writer's Block Remedies

Don’t you just hate writer’s block? You sit there thinking, “any minuet now my muse will come to me.” Well, you don’t always have time to wait around for inspiration so here are a few tricks that will help kick start your creativity:

1. Listen to classical music.
Studies show that classical music with 60 beats per minuet such as Mozart, Beethoven, Handel and Vivaldi slow brain waves to the relaxed alpha frequency associated with calm and awareness so when you are listening you tap into your creativity.

2. Eat foods rich in vitamin B6 (pyridoxine).
B6 stimulates the cerebral cortex-that's the brain region responsible for solving problems and visual information. Eating foods such leafy greens, lean beef, and potatoes can help to get the creative juices flowing.

Next time you're having writer's block put on some Mozart and have a salad.

Friday, January 12, 2007

Yet another way to make money with articles

Have you ever considered creating a PLR package with your articles?

You can sell your articles as a PLR package

PLR stands for Private Label Rights
Basically what this means is you let other people use your articles. You give them the opportunity to edit your articles as they see fit and then put THEIR names on it.

This is a huge market. Many people are willing to pay you for your articles

Here's how it works
  • You use the 30 minute Article Writing System to write 5 PLR articles on similar subject and sell it for about $10
  • It only takes 30 minutes to write an article, so it will take you 2 1/2 hours to write 5.
  • If you sell 100 PLR packs, that's $1000. Not bad for only 2 1/2 hours of work!

Click here to learn how to write an article in 30 min

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Writing Your First Draft



Once you have devised a thesis statment and planned a strategy of development, writing your first draft is not difficult. Expand on each paragraph so that it explains, illustrates and defends the topic sentece. Be sure to add transitional expressions for coherence and logical clarity.

Good writing emerges from revisions. Read your draft over many times for logical order, unity, and consistency. You want to ensure that each paragraph supports your thesis and each sentence develops the paragraph topic. Critically read your work, ask yourself if statements are sufficiently supported with enough evidence

On a computer, save successive revisions in separate files, make backup copies. I can’t even begin to tell you how frustrating it is to lose a document that you’ve spent hours on. Make sure you make backup copies.
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