How do you write an article?

Answer 1

HOW TO WRITE AN ARTICLE!

Whether it's for a magazine, newspaper, your teacher, or even wikianswers, writing an amazing article whittles down to one widely-adaptable technique. Here's how to use that technique to your advantage.

IMPORTANT STEPS

1. Determine your topic. Exactly what are you going to write about? Brainstorm for ideas if you have to. When writing for wikiHow, you may even wish to refer to requested topics for ideas. It shouldn't matter that the same type of article had been written before or not, just think what you want to write.
2. Figure out who your audience is. Are you writing for a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced audience? For example, if you are writing an article about "Creating PowerPoint Slides," are your readers new to PowerPoint, or business people looking for advanced tips?
3. Do your research. How well do you know the topic? Is it something you can write easily about with little or no preparation, or do you need more information from experts in the field?
4. Decide on the length of the article. Teachers, magazines, and newspapers will often give you a limit. wikiHow articles, on the other hand, are often "as long as they need to be and no longer."
5. Compile a list of possible sources for you to consult. This can include documents, internet research and people to talk to.
6. Write either an outline or a summary of your article. This will help bring the concept of the article into sharper focus.
7. Write the rough draft of the article as follows:
   • Tell your readers what you are going to tell them. This is your introduction. For example:
     • This article explains how to create a PowerPoint slide presentation. It covers the following information: choosing a theme, creating a title slide, and creating topic slides.
     • The information in this article is written for a beginner. The author assumes that you have never used PowerPoint.
   • Tell your readers what you promised to tell them. In this section you tell them how to choose a theme, create a title slide, and how to create topic slides.
   • Tell your readers what you just told them. For example:
     • This article taught you how to create a PowerPoint slide presentation. You learned how to choose a template, how to create a title slide, and how to create topic slides.
8. Check over your piece for presentation.
   • Check for faulty information. Have you double-checked your facts?
   • Delete any unnecessary or contradictory information. The only time you should have information that doesn't support your topic is if you're doing a "point-counterpoint" piece.
   • Eliminate anything that is just taking up space. Don't fill your work with fluff. If you need to do more research, go ahead and do it.
   • Check for grammar and spelling errors.
   • Read it aloud to yourself to make sure the text flows smoothly.
9. Rewrite the article as often as it takes.
10. Submit your completed article.
11. Then wait to see your results.

Answer 2

Purpose:

To inform, persuade, reflect, entertain

Structure:

1. Headline:

What is the title of the article? (Reflect the issue in the article, use a pun or alliteration)

2. Introductory Statement (sometimes presented as a rhetorical question)

What is the central issue that is being outlined

3. Anecdote: to lead into issue/event?

What short narrative best illustrates the issue? (Personal short story related to the article)

4. Body of the feature article

i) A statement of the issue supported by facts, statistics, quotes and summed up with a personal comment.

ii) Another anecdote

iii) Following paragraphs

iv) Also have another discussion of the issue

What additional facts and quotes illustrate the issue?

5. Conclusion

Does the statement of the theme summarise the writer's attitude?

Make a recommendation/reference to something better

6. Other features to consider:

• Short Paragraphs
• Descriptive Language
• Rhetorical Questions
• Quotations (From interviews with experts, direct or indirect, " " or says
• Present tense
• Use of Conjunctions
• Third person mixed with first person comment
• Words related to subject
• layout - columns, photographs (illustrate the idea), Cartoons, colour, background colour (aka descriptive language)

Answer 3

Writing an interview article is the art of turning a set of questions and answers into a readable piece of text. Getting there requires you to choose a writing perspective, rephrase the answers you have and turning the text into an attractive must-read.

In writing an interview article, you can roughly choose three perspective. First, you might stick to a strict question and answer structure where both are displayed. The questions are mostly printed in bold. Second, you may use a narrative style interspersed with quotes. Third, you can go for all narrative and not use any quotes at all. The former approach will make the reader feel part of the interview you had, the latter gives a more distant description: here the actual information matters more than style.

To make the article readable, you need to rephrase (nearly) all the answers. You can go as far as you wont, but make sure you don't change the actual message of the interviewee. A first step in rephrasing may be to get rid of all the 'erms' and half finished sentences. Second, you can choose some synonyms as most people will use the same words over and again.

Finally, readers should be attracted by your interview article. You can do so by using quotes in the title, introduction and, if applicable, the photo captions.

Answer 4

To write an article, start by choosing a topic and conducting research on it. Create an outline to organize your thoughts and main points. Then, write a compelling introduction, body with supporting evidence, and a conclusion that summarizes your key points. Finally, proofread and edit your article before publishing or submitting it.

Answer 5

Have an interesting subject; begin with an intriguing short episode that shows an important thing about the subject; use strong verbs and few adjectives and adverbs.