“I Don’t Know What To Write!”

Here are 29 kinds of articles you can create for your email newsletter or other outlets

Kathy Widenhouse
Writers’ Blokke

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Image courtesy of Word Wise at Nonprofit Copywriter

“I don’t know what to write!” It’s a common groan from newsletter publishers. If you’re like me, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the possibilities of what you can write for your readers— so much so that you don’t know where to start. Or perhaps you’ve churned out so much content that you’re tempted to hop on the AI bandwagon without adding any pizzazz to your next issue.

Whether you’re drowning in a mass of excess newsletter article projects or gasping for inspiration in the writing desert, a list of ideas can help light your creative spark. There are dozens of article ideas you can use. Here are some of them.

Feature stories

Hard news offers basic facts about an event or person. A feature article is a piece of news told as a story. People love reading about people. A powerful feature story shows the impact of an event, a life, or a cause. Use photos and captions to help tell your feature story. This kind of article can take forms like …

  • First-person testimony
  • Case history
  • Program stories: how a program has impacted its target audience
  • Introductions: introduce…

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Kathy Widenhouse
Writers’ Blokke

Award-winning writer Kathy Widenhouse has written 9 books and garnered 600K+ views for her writing tutorials, which you can get at www.nonprofitcopywriter.com.