Writing articles for publication is not at all difficult or time-consuming, once you get a sense for what article directories are looking for. How are you structuring your articles?

While each article directory may be a little different, in general they want unique content, with good spelling and grammar, with a minimum of 250-300 words. Personally, I think it’s always a good idea to aim for a nice, solid 400 word article so you can really build a relationship with your reader.

Structuring Your Articles

With this in mind, there are some simple ways for structuring your articles. A good general rule when writing an article is to follow these three steps:

1. Tell them what you’re going to tell them (this is the introduction).
2. Tell them (the body).
3. Tell them what you told them (the conclusion).

Formatting

Now that you’ve got an idea of structure, here are some formats that make for quick article writing:

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