How to Create an Outline For All of Your Articles

We’ve done it through junior high, it expanded longer
through high school, then on college it became
chapters. No matter how many times a person has done
it, writing articles has proven to be a task many have
continuously avoided. Now at a time when writing
articles could help your job or work, facing the job
at hand can be still faced with unfriendly behavior.

While there are a great number of people who do not
have the same attitude in article writing as others,
there are still those who would rather walk in piping
hot coals than do some article writing. What sets
people apart from others towards article writing is
that they are prepared and have some methods and
procedures in writing articles.

One of the methods you can use to prepare yourself
when tasked to write in article is creating an outline
first. Creating an outline for all your articles makes
you prepared. You have an idea of what to do first and
make a plan for your succeeding steps. Being prepared
makes the job easier and faster. Being organized will
allow for disorientation to be shunned away.

An outline can act as the design or blueprint for
your article. This will guide you in creating the
introduction, body and conclusion of your article.
Here in this point, you can write down some of the
ideas and sentences that you feel will look good in
your article. This could be some of the focal point
that could help make your article creative,
interesting and appealing to a reader.

A carefully planned and fully prepared project would
guarantee and ensure a problem and worry free
procedure that can virtually go without any hassles.
Creating an outline for all your articles will get you
ready and breeze through writing an article in no time
at all. Here I will provide you with some tips and
guidelines in how to create an outline for all of your
articles.

Do a couple of brainstormings and jot down your
brilliant ideas first. Think of some ways to attract
the interest of your reader. Designate a time frame
where you can write down all the ideas that you can
use for your articles. By this time you should have
done all your research and information searching.
Review and reread your ideas and notes, gain mastery
and sufficient familiarity with your topic so that
writing them down later on will be easy for you.

The next step is to discover your sub topic and sub
titles. As you would provide a first sentence for your
article, one that would immediately grab the attention
of your reader, you would need some as well for your
sub topics. To be concise, you would need to get all
the facts that will support your point.

These are the frames or skeleton of your article, now
its time to add the flesh and the meat of your
article. You will need to connect all your paragraphs
and sub topics. This will form the body of your
article. While the introduction will usher in the
ideas of your paragraph, you will need a conclusion.
The conclusion will wrap up your points and drive in
what you are saying in your article.

The outline for your article would also require you
to write a draft first. This may take more than one
attempt but remember that it is called a draft for a
reason. Your outline shall be perfected as each draft
is written and this draft is meant for your eyes only
so there’s no reason to feel ashamed. As you go on,
you will clearly see the bigger picture and write an
article that will perfectly suit what is demanded of
it.

Reread and reread what you have written down. Always
refer to your outline so that you wont drift away from
what you had first written down. Its not hard to be
caught in the moment and get lost in your writing
frenzy. Your outline will help you keep in track. All
those hours spent in outlining your article will not
go to waste. This will serve as your guide in writing
articles. Trust and rely on your outline because this
will prove to be a very helpful tool in writing all of
your articles.

While in the process of creating topic and sub topic
headlines you will sometimes come up with similar but
not tightly focused thoughts. Write these down on
another sheet as they will be the basis for your next
article to compliment the first one. When using this
method you will find it easy to come up with several
ideas for subsiquent articles all surrounding the
first. After all, who wants to write just one article?

Article writing can be a rotten chore or a simple
process when using a system. It's your choice!

(of course I often use an article writing software!)

Keep Typin'
Brian Ankner