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4 Easy Steps to Writing Articles on Area-Info.net. The End of Writers Block. Area-Info.net is for Everyone. Everyone has news, events, or opinions to share with people around them.
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4 Easy Steps to Writing Articles on Area-Info.net The End of Writers Block
Area-Info.net is for Everyone • Everyone has news, events, or opinions to share with people around them. • It is easy for us to talk with people and share our opinions, but when we think about writing our thoughts on paper (or, in this case on the screen), we get brain freeze, or writers block.
What is your passion? • Write about things that you love. For example: • News, • Sports, • Books, • Restaurants • Movies • Politics • Family • Gardening • Etc. Rule #1 The first rule is to write about something that you love to share with your neighbors and friends.
What do you Share? • When you are telling your neighbor about the high school football game, what do you share? • What teams played? • What was the score? • Who made the touchdowns? • Who was the standout on defense? • Who was the standout on offense? • How many people were at the game? • How were the refs? • How was the weather? • When is the next game? Rule #2 Share the facts of your story like you were talking with a friend.
Talk to People • Answer the questions just like you are talking to your neighbor. • Who, what, when, where, why and how? Rule #3 When you have written the answers to the questions … STOP WRITING.
Share on Area-Info.net • Rule #4 • Share the story on Area-Info.net. • As soon as you have clicked the “Continue” button, your contribution has been published to the web and shared with your neighbors. • 3 Easy Steps to Share on Area-Info.net: • Register by choosing the “Be a Contributor” button. • Choose the “Share a Story” button. • Complete the short form with your article and select “Continue.” • Your article has been published!
Important Keys • Develop a format for your articles. • Often, the most difficult part of writing an article is the first sentence. If you have a format that you like to follow, you get rid of the difficult part of how to start. • Write down what needs to be written and STOP! • You don’t need to add fluff. There are no rules about how long an article needs to be. We want everyone to feel welcome to contribute and have a voice. • If you want to be known as an expert, or an important resource, begin to write. • People will look up to you and you have a national platform to be published.