Mar 22
How To Write Better Articles Every Time?
Writing quality articles every time isn’t easy! It’s an art that requires patience and consistency.
Writing articles that are of high-quality can be hard to do every single time. You have sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, as well as, paragraphs to focus on, and these are just some out of many more things.
On top of that, you might run out of ideas or just simply don’t know what to write anymore. This is also known as ‘’writers bloc’’, which is actually very common for all writers, especially, new ones. I have been there myself!
This can be really frustrating and annoying. Not being able to come up with quality content consistently that you would be proud of isn’t an easy task.
Moreover, if you are trying to produce long-form content, which tends to be more high-quality and in-depth; it can be even harder and mentally exhausting. So, what do you do?
In this article, I am going to talk about some simple strategies that you can implement to produce better articles. These strategies have helped me, immensely, in writing better articles consistently every single time. They can help you too!
Thorough research
A lot of people skip research as it’s very time-consuming and long. When writing long-form content, especially, you have to do extensive research which a lot of people might find monotonous. However, without research, you just wouldn't be able to write better articles that are of excellent quality.
Research is one of the most important things you can do to write better every time. This is because research allows you to expand your knowledge and give you deep insights and views on the topic. This makes you write better and in more detail. It can help you to come up with your point of view, as well as, add new things from your own perspective.
There are a couple of things to do to make research easier.
- Taking notes
- Doing it in small chunks
- Taking breaks in between
All these things can help make research a little bit easier for you.
So, research your way to better articles!
Plan beforehand
‘’If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail’’.
The above quote sums it up perfectly. If you don’t plan your articles, then you are planning to fail.
Writing articles, spontaneously, without having any plan will make it harder for you to write. Why? Because you’re just jumping from one thing to another without giving it much thought. You just wouldn’t be able to organise your thoughts clearly to write a quality article.
Planning what you will write, beforehand, allows you to do precise research and makes it easier to write quality articles every time. You would know exactly what to research, whilst, gaining knowledge within your chosen topic to write better.
Planning ahead of time and conducting essential research makes it easier for you to come up with ideas for your article. This can make your writing clearer and more organised. Without planning, your article wouldn’t have a logical flow.
Write succinctly
Making sentences, unnecessarily, long can lose a person’s interest. Having short and concise sentences are more likely to keep a person's attention on the actual meaning, whilst, keeping their interest in what they are reading. This technique can help you write better articles ten-fold.
When writing articles, it’s all about keeping a person’s interest and maintaining it. If you write very long sentences, the person reading it is bound to get bored and give up.
You want to get to the point in as less words as possible. I believe a lot of people, unknowingly, make this mistake quite a lot. Including me! But the trick is to practice it as much you can. That is the only way to get better!
Read as much as possible
Creating quality articles come from having more information, and more information comes from reading. So, read as much as you can!
Reading on a range of different topics, or a specific topic that you are interested in, allows you to gain as much knowledge as possible, which translates into writing better articles.
Reading other writers articles can also help, immensely. It allows you to see how other writers structure their article, the writing style they use, as well as, improving your jargon for a specific topic. All of this leads to writing better articles in general.
Moreover, reading can help inspire new ideas, which can get the creative juices flowing. Knowing and becoming familiar with different ideas can make you seem like a professional, and an articulate writer.
I understand writing can be hard, but applying all the above techniques can help you massively in creating better articles every time. These are simple, yet effective strategies that anyone can implement in their own writing routine to see big improvements.
Even though they are simple, I believe a lot of people, unknowingly, do not use them properly. So, give these strategies a go!
