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Demonstrate a Clear PurposeRate This Post:
When writing articles, your reader wants to quickly know and understand your clear purpose in 2-7 seconds, not 2-7 minutes. Here’s some tips to help you figure out how to demonstrate a clear purpose:
How do you personally demonstrate a clear purpose in your articles?
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As always, Chris…YOU da teacher! I’ve learned so much from you about article writing. Now I just have to get busy again with proving I have taken it all in! Karen Comment provided March 24, 2008 at 7:56 pm
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appreciate the tips on writing sometimes I forget why i’m writing articles/blogs. Comment provided March 24, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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Great thoughts on this topic, Chris. I like to think of it as teaching or explaining your point during the article, while still leaving the reader wanting a little bit more. Comment provided March 24, 2008 at 11:49 pm
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Back to the basics. Yes, we must always stick to the basics. We are writing for our readers, that too, international readers; not for our self indulgement or an exhibition of our skills, knowledge and prowess. The readers must finish the article with a feeling of euphoria hungry for more. Else, the author will be finished! Comment provided March 25, 2008 at 1:29 am
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Chris ““Have I delivered on the promise I made in my article title?” This is going to be the first question I will ask myself before I submit my next article. Brigitte Nadeau Comment provided March 25, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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Great post and good insight into creating winning articles. I am learning alot from these posts from all of you including Chris. Thanks to all of you. Comment provided April 2, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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This is a great article for people who are not professional writers. Articles like these should realy help the overall quality of the site. Comment provided April 6, 2008 at 10:13 am
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Thanks Chris, Comment provided April 6, 2008 at 10:55 am
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Titles are so important and a good title with proper key wording, word plays, alliteration or rhyming words sure does wonders to the article read counts. Comment provided April 6, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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Ah, “the promise of the article title”…I find myself altering the article title after having written the article! Sometimes, I am laser-focused, other times I end up scrapping the entire post because it’s so spread out. That’s the fun with blogging, I guess. Comment provided April 7, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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Good question. I just focus on the title and write from there.
I can get a good 300-400 word article out in a few minutes by just freewriting on the topic in the title.
This gives the article a nice conversational style while still remaining relevant to the topic at hand.