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Tips for Attention-Grabbing Writing

By Leigh-Ann Lemire

Did you ever notice that some people can write interesting articles and some people can write about the same subject and make it boring or even unreadable? Maybe you think you are someone who falls in the second category. But no, you are probably someone who just doesn't know the technology - the rules of writing an interesting article.

If you can speak coherently, you can write a good article. There are hard and fast rules for writing that are found in books on basic English grammar and spelling, but these days you can get away with a lot of grammatical, punctuation and spelling mistakes, because your word processing program will correct them for you. (Note: no program corrects them all - you still have to proof read.) Some word processing programs even offer alternative words so you can spice up your article without repeating some adjective over and over (try a right click on a word in MS Word - then click on synonyms in the menu that appears.)

The subject we will explore in the rest of this article is some of the reasons why one article attracts attention and is read by many people while another article on the same subject is ignored or puts people to sleep.

Before you start writing an article, you need to figure out your purpose for writing the article. Concisely state that purpose, if only in your own mind. You could intend to write an article about how to make a TV antenna from coat hangars - that would be a good purpose. Or you could have a purpose to explain chelation therapy in simple terms (chelation therapy is a method of taking heavy metals out of the body). These are examples of a purpose you could have for writing. Without that purpose, your article will be confusion.

Another tip for writing an interesting article would be to give examples. Examples make it real for the reader. Examples elicit the "Oh, yeah, I get it now!" See paragraph above for use of examples.

Make the article real for your readers. If you are writing an article to be read by math or computer science professors you could say "qualitative reasoning" and they would probably know what you were talking about. But if you are writing for youth science class you better stick to phrases like "computer programs for robots." Keep your language within the realm of the particular audience who will be reading it. (Note that this paragraph contains an example without saying, "for example." Repeating that phrase can get boring.)

Shorter sentences, paragraphs and articles are easier to read, and therefore more likely to be read. Since your idea for writing the article is to get it read, keep sentences and paragraphs to a reasonable length, and if possible, the article itself.

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