about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that

The other day, a friend of mine wrote to me as upset as can be. He had just submitted an article to a directory and got some really horrible comments on it. He was practically in tears. Okay, I honestly don't know if he was in tears as we were communicating via email, but he sure sounded upset. The truth is, his article was dead and was just waiting for a proper burial. If you want to keep your article from dying a death worse than crucifixion, this article, and the tips included, may just save your creation from a fate worse than, well, worse than whatever my friend was going through.

There are basically three reasons why articles end up on the morticians slab. The first one is that the person writing the article is writing on a topic that nobody in their right mind would give a flying hoot about. Now I understand that we all have different interests and there is usually a market for just about anything, but if you're going to write about underwater pole vaulting, don't expect anybody to take it seriously, let alone read it. If you're going to write articles, at least do some research beforehand to see if the topic is even something people care about. This is easy enough to do by going to any keyword tool and checking how many searches are being done monthly on your topic. If none, chances are nobody cares.

The second reason is because many authors simply ramble on in their articles. They have no structure to them. Instead of telling people what they're going to write about and then doing it, they go from one thought to another with no real connection between the two thoughts. This is a very good way to totally lose your reader. Articles have to flow like water. If you wander aimlessly with your prose, you're going to have very few people sticking around for the ending.

The third reason that articles end up dead, and probably the biggest reason of all, is that many writers simply don't write interesting articles. I'm not talking about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that.

save your creation from a fate worse than, well, worse than whatever my friend was going through.

There are basically three reasons why articles end up on the morticians slab. The first one is that the person writing the article is writing on a topic that nobody in their right mind would give a flying hoot about. Now I understand that we all have different interests and there is usually a market for just about anything, but if you're going to write about underwater pole vaulting, don't expect anybody to take it seriously, let alone read it. If you're going to write articles, at least do some research beforehand to see if the topic is even something people care about. This is easy enough to do by going to any keyword tool and checking how many searches are being done monthly on your topic. If none, chances are nobody cares.

The second reason is because many authors simply ramble on in their articles. They have no structure to them. Instead of telling people what they're going to write about and then doing it, they go from one thought to another with no real connection between the two thoughts. This is a very good way to totally lose your reader. Articles have to flow like water. If you wander aimlessly with your prose, you're going to have very few people sticking around for the ending.

The third reason that articles end up dead, and probably the biggest reason of all, is that many writers simply don't write interesting articles. I'm not talking about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that

t expect anybody to take it seriously, let alone read it. If you're going to write articles, at least do some research beforehand to see if the topic is even something people care about. This is easy enough to do by going to any keyword tool and checking how many searches are being done monthly on your topic. If none, chances are nobody cares.

The second reason is because many authors simply ramble on in their articles. They have no structure to them. Instead of telling people what they're going to write about and then doing it, they go from one thought to another with no real connection between the two thoughts. This is a very good way to totally lose your reader. Articles have to flow like water. If you wander aimlessly with your prose, you're going to have very few people sticking around for the ending.

The third reason that articles end up dead, and probably the biggest reason of all, is that many writers simply don't write interesting articles. I'm not talking about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that

y're going to write about and then doing it, they go from one thought to another with no real connection between the two thoughts. This is a very good way to totally lose your reader. Articles have to flow like water. If you wander aimlessly with your prose, you're going to have very few people sticking around for the ending.

The third reason that articles end up dead, and probably the biggest reason of all, is that many writers simply don't write interesting articles. I'm not talking about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that

about the topic. I'm talking about HOW they write. They're dull. There's no life in the article. Most are just a recitation of facts that I could teach a chimp to do. If you're going to write, don't go about it like you're balancing the books at a law firm. Put a little passion and feeling into it. If you don't feel anything for what you are writing, then nobody else is going to.

Naturally, these are just basic guidelines and the art of article writing is a bit more complex than that. It really is an art. That's why you have the word "art" in article. Not everybody can do it. But, everybody can learn to do it. If you'll check my signature, you'll find out how.

To YOUR Writing Success,

Steven Wagenheim