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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A WRITING COURSE PROPOSAL
At some point in their careers, many writers may teach writing courses, either before a “live” classroom audience or, these days, online. But how does a new teacher develop that first course proposal? What elements should go into it? Sometimes a...
Hotel Internet Marketing and the Secret of Copywriting
Are you a Hotel Marketer? Do you want to improve your Hotel Internet Marketing Sale? Here are the suggestion: revise your website copywriting!
I've seen many websites in our hotel & hospitality industry crowded with copywriting mistakes. These...
"How To Find A Copywriting School"
Have you heard the good things about the field of copywriting? If you have, then you know that a qualified copywriter is an invaluable asset to those looking for them. Becoming this asset means going to a copywriting school. Turn this to your...
Writing Copy For Online Catalogs
What's one of the things that most of your ad copy has in common? You write your copy for one primary product or service. Since most of the ad copy is done in this manner, you may find that writing "Great" Catalog Copy is a little different....
Writing Fiction, literature and Large blocks of text for the Internet
Have you always wanted to write a novel? If your have then the time has come to put pen to paper, or byte to RAM and actually tell it to the world. Unless you don't keep up with the trends, and as your on the Internet that probably not you anyway,...
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New to Article Writing - Start Here
The internet articles writer can find thousands of tips and endless advice, much of it is good and some is worth its weight in gold. Sometimes writers get too complicated and try to produce articles that reflect all the great advice they have learned in one shining article to beat all articles, sort of the "mother of all articles." Sometimes the best advice is to simplify, or start with a less complicated premise for your articles. If you have found yourself getting bogged down trying to polish here is some advice.
First, go back to basics. The whole idea of article writing is to communicate. You have found good information, news, drama, or opinion on a timely subject and feel you have something to say about it. Perhaps you have no more to say about it than any one else but your way of elucidation may help people to see something a little better or something they may have missed. This is good stuff but then comes the business of writing it.
I have found myself getting too long winded in some of my articles. When I found out that the best article length in general is between 450 to 650 words I started to modify my writing to fit that criteria. I still get cramped up sometimes wanting to write more but knowing I've said enough. In
time I found a way to keep things both simple and readable without sparing important content.
It is so simple I am almost embarrassed to say it. But if a thing works it should be made known. If you were to pick up a pen and write a letter to a friend what form would it take?
Would it have a summary, seven points and a huge wrap up? No it wouldn't. What it would have is three major divisions, an introduction, two or three points and a conclusion. This may not be the best form for every article you write but it is an excellent place to start if you're new to article writing. It is also a good place to fall back to when you have gotten far too complicated and bogged down in form and polish.
I am not suggesting that you cease to get all the advice you possibly can to improve your writing skills. I have a few sites I refer to constantly to learn new things. One of my favorites is "Pointeronline." Every once in a while I have to re-simplify to make sense of something I'm trying to say, try it yourself. Remember, introduction, two or three points and a conclusion.
About the Author
Rev Bresciani is the author of two books and has many articles published both online and in print. Please visit his website at www.americanprophet.org
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