For those of you who are immediately thinking that this is going to be one egotistical article, you couldn’t be further from the truth. See, the truth is, I am no great article writer. My vocabulary is eighth grade at best. I think the last time I used any big words was when I was trying to impress my wife to be. I don’t think she was very impressed. Point is, being better than me is no big deal. But if you want to make it as an article writer, you better at least be as good as me or you’re in deep trouble. So here’s how you do it.

Step one is to know you’re subject. Let me tell you something. I have spoken to people who can just about put two sentences together and yet, when they talk about something that they are very knowledgeable about, they sound like Einstein. Knowing your subject is absolutely CRITICAL to being able to writing a good article. Your natural understanding and passion for the subject will come out…even if you’re not the greatest writer in the world.

Step two is to not speak above your head. Please don’t try to impress people with your big fancy words. If you’re just trying to fit them in they’re going to sound forced and unnatural. Just write the way you would speak to somebody if you were sitting in a bar having a conversation with them. Some of the most interesting conversions I’ve had didn’t incorporate one word that I had to look up in the dictionary after the fact. Okay, you’re not impressing anybody by throwing in those two dollar college words. So save them for your English thesis.

Step three is to make sure you spell and grammar check. No, you don’t have to be a genius grammarian. There is tons of software that will spell and grammar check all your articles for you so that you don’t have to worry about errors popping up in them. Of course proofreading them is also a good idea. Grammar and spell checkers are not perfect.

Finally, you want to outline your article BEFORE you write it so that you know WHAT you’re going to say BEFORE you say it. If you just ramble on, people are going to think you are nothing but a hack.

There you go, four simple steps that will make you just as good an article writer as me if not better.

Add a little talent to the mix and you’ll have everybody believing that you’re a top notch article writer.

Just like me.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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