What Readers Want to See in Your Article Writing



Com­ment from Lee: Writ­ing well is the key to mak­ing money online as well as offline.  Writ­ing has a lot to do with suc­cess with books, E-books, other infor­ma­tion prod­ucts, as well as being a writer for other types of pub­li­ca­tions.  Bob Hamil­ton has good sug­ges­tions for improv­ing your writ­ing skills.


By Bob Hamil­ton

Arti­cle writ­ing is as enjoy­able as read­ing the fin­ished prod­uct. As an arti­cle writer, one should be aware of the things that are included in qual­ity writ­ing. Always be on the look­out for excel­lent tips for writ­ing your arti­cles. For exam­ple, two writ­ing essen­tials are the struc­ture and the sub­stance of your articles.

Struc­ture wise, the arti­cle writer must be aware of the spelling, the gram­mar and the flow of the arti­cle. It must be easy to read and the ideas must be devel­oped thor­oughly with­out leav­ing or omit­ting any impor­tant idea. On the other hand, sub­stance is also another piece of the puz­zle to exam­ine. The con­tents must be inter­est­ing enough for the read­ers. Your arti­cle must sati­ate their minds with the things that they are inter­ested in knowing.

Arti­cle writ­ing is like adver­tis­ing. Arti­cle writ­ers need to know not only about sub­stance and struc­ture when writ­ing. They must also know what the read­ers expect to read from their arti­cle. To make things sim­pler, here are some excel­lent tips for writ­ing regard­ing what read­ers want to find in the article.

• They want to find a trusted friend.

Most of the read­ers want to read an arti­cle as if it was writ­ten by some­one they know or some­one they can relate to. There are instances when the read­ers find jar­gon or terms that are pretty dif­fi­cult for them to under­stand. In the end, they would rather go and find another arti­cle that is eas­ier to read and under­stand. Write as if speak­ing to the reader.

• They want to see sen­si­ble ideas.

Ideas must be impor­tant and log­i­cally pre­sented within the arti­cle. Take note of the word impor­tant and log­i­cal. If the ideas are irrel­e­vant to the topic, the reader will def­i­nitely not con­tinue read­ing the arti­cle. It must present a point that will tickle the minds of the readers.

• They want to see creativity.

There are top­ics that are really dif­fi­cult to explain to your read­ers. In order for the ideas to be thor­oughly explained, it is up to the writer to use metaphors or use sim­pler ideas to fully explain what the topic is all about. Under­stand­ing an idea is a lot eas­ier when sim­i­lar sit­u­a­tions and exam­ples are used.

• They want to dis­cover some­thing new.

Find­ing some­thing new in an arti­cle may be dif­fi­cult. To make this sim­pler, it is best to con­duct research and include the facts that are most recent. Read­ers would want to see the details that are fresh and not known by many.

More excel­lent tips for writ­ing include the fol­low­ing; an arti­cle will not serve its intended pur­pose unless it is pub­lished and read by its tar­get read­ers. Be care­ful of the sub­stance and struc­ture. Also know what the read­ers want in your arti­cle writ­ing and be able to respond to that exact need.

To your suc­cess as an arti­cle writer!

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1 Article Directory February 15, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Can you pro­vide more infor­ma­tion on sim­i­lar issues, or do you have some resources you can share with us where we can find such use­ful stuff? Thanks.

2 admin February 23, 2010 at 5:26 pm

I hope to con­tinue to post new infor­ma­tion on sim­i­lar issues over the next few weeks, months…Please stay tuned…

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