Writing an excellent article is not a difficult thing provided that we have a good preparation work before our writing and think about the readers that we hope them to read on.
We should make an outline of the article, which we want to write about. This will help bringing the concept of the article into sharper focus. This outline includes a heading, introduction, body and the conclusion. Always decide on the content of the article in advance. We should always compile a list of possible sources for us to consult. This can include documents, blog material and people we talk to.
The introduction part introduces the problem you will be talking in your article or write a simple story of your experience with the problem. The body will discuss all the solutions to the problem you encountered in the introduction. Break up each point into separate paragraphs and keep them to about 7 lines. You may want to create a sub-heading for each point. This makes it easier to read as most people will scan your article when reading it online. The language which we use should be simple and straight. The article should be written in such a way so that the reader finds it useful and at the same time can gain information from it. The conclusion part always summarizes the whole article in few sentenses, so that even if the reader doesn't read the whole article, it can at least get a idea of it by just reading the conclusion.
Most of the good articles are written in informal style, like we would explain our topic to a friend. Don't worry too much about correcting mistakes or how it sounds. This may hinder the flow of ideas you want to write about. You can always correct them later. After completing your article, run it through a spell checker first, then read it through a few times to check for spelling mistakes the spell checker may have missed and to correct the grammar and punctuation. You need to ensure it flows well by clearly identifying the problem, providing a method of solution and concluding with an action step or steps. Get someone else to read it over. Often they will find the defects that you missed.
It's always easy to present ourselves through writing articles and it feels even more good when others appreciate your work. As a result, keeping just small things in mind, like what you want to write, who you should write, using simple style and the other essentials for writing the article, you can always start writing whenever you want.
