How To Write Your First Article

I wrote my first article after following a writers advice on
how to write articles. Today I want to share with you few
simple steps that you can follow as well to write your first
article and send it out to a publisher.

The first thing that you need to know about writing is that you
do not need to sound like the CEO of a company to write a good
article. Write as if you were talking to a friend using simple
easy to understand language, and write about a topic that you
know well. In other words dont write about cooking if you
cant cook. Try to write rather short easy to understand
sentences rather than long running ones.

As you write always remember, your topic shouldnt glorify
yourself, but educate others, and keep in mind that what is
important about your article is its quality, not so much its
quantity. The content of the article is more important than its
length. I try to keep my articles between 300 and 700 words.
If the subject demands it, however, its ok to go a little over.
Just use your discernment and you will be fine.

The headline of your article is very important. If your
headline is vague people wont read your article. Its as
simple as that. Choose a simple and specific title that
describes exactly what you wrote about.

At this point you might be thinking: I dont know what to
write about! Here is a tip for you. Go to some book websites
and search any given subject that you might be familiar with
like for example: Tennis, Marketing, Business, Home improvement,
gardening, Personal development etcthe list is infinite. Choose
a subject that interest you or that you may already be pretty
familiar with, take ideas from what has already been written and
add your own experience and thoughts. If you just do this, you
will have a written piece before you know it.

Make sure you article has an introduction and a conclusion which
will make the material clearer and easier to read.

You should first write your article on Microsoft word or
something of the kind. Once you have written your article
find a good title that represents the article well, and write a
3 to 5 lines that will let the reader know what your article is
about.

Your article should be free of spelling and grammar errors.
Publishers wont accept to publish your article if they find
spelling or grammar errors. So especially if you have a
tendency to typo you need to do a few proof readings before you
submit your article. Something that I found efficient for me is
not to submit my article the same day I write it. If you come
back to it the next day you will read your article with fresh
eyes and any mistake will pop up.

Remember that computers spell checks correct only some errors
not all of them. I worked for two years as a Legal Assistant
and Ive got some paralegal training where we were always
reminded that computers dont correct differences between words
like: Their and there, whos and whose, your and youre, two and
too, than and then, and so forth. Remember also that if you
write article instead of articles sometimes the spell check
of your computer will let that go as well

Once you are done with your writing you will need to look for
formatters directories to format your article. Never send an
article that is not formatted. They are a lot of text
formatters out there, and you can find them with a simple Google
search. Just type text formatter on the search box. Once
youve found one that you like just stick to it so you wont
lose any more time than necessary just to format your article.
When you have your formatter page ready just copy your article
from your document page, past it on the formatter space and
click on format. Your article will be formatted automatically
and you will see your word count, character count and line count.

Once your article is formatted you need to go to article
directories and register.

Once you are on the publishers site go to submit article and
fill out your information like name, address etc for your
registration, then you will be asked to fill out the information
about your article which is the title, 3 Key words for search
engines, a 2-3 lines that will briefly introduce your article,
and finally the article itself. At this time you will need to
copy your article from the formatter and past it on the
publishers site.

At the bottom of your article you will be asked to write a
presentation of yourself in your author resource box. This
should be used to introduce yourself and what you are achieving.
It should be about 3-4 lines and have your website link.

Now youre done! Just click on submit article. If your article
is accepted you will receive an email within 2-7 days from the
publisher letting you know that your article has been published.

Even though I have been writing most of my life I found article
writing to be a rewarding way of sharing my knowledge and I have
been enjoying it tremendously for the past year and a half. So
go ahead, follow these simple steps and share your knowledge
with others. You wont regret you did.

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