What to Leave Out of Your Article

So many article writing tips tell you WHAT to write. Problem is, very few of them, mine included, don't tell you what NOT to write. Believe it or not, what you DON'T put into your article can be just as important as what you DO put into your article In other words, including things that aren't necessary, or just confuse the reader, will end up turning your reader away mid stream. And that's the last thing you want. So, in this article, we're going to dive into the subject of what TO leave out of your article.

Best way to really explain this is with examples. Let's say you're writing an article on a procedure for building a birdhouse. In the procedure, you discuss what materials are needed and how to put them together properly. Now, maybe this might sound a little off the wall, but if part of the procedure involved picking out a certain kind of wood, you might explain why this particular wood is best but there would be no reason to go into where this wood is most commonly found and what other things are usually made from it. Those facts, while some might find interesting, are just not important to what the article is trying to accomplish...showing your reader how to build a birdhouse.

Here's another example. You're writing an article on how to write a pop song. You go into the process of how to construct a lyric, tune, chords, and so on. Maybe you give examples of other pop songs written in the same manner, citing certain groups and their hits. However, that's as far as you'd go in citing examples. You wouldn't then go off in the direction of talking about a particular group and all the great hits they had, where they last played and who's in the group. This information is not only not necessary to teaching people how to write songs, but it so greatly goes off in another direction that you end up writing a second article.

Okay, I know these examples might seem a little extreme to you. I hope they do. That means that you have a decent idea of how to stick to the subject. But trust me, some topics are harder to focus on and it's a lot easier to go off into tangents. Therefore, it's important that when you write an article, you ask yourself this question. "Is it necessary that I include this info in my article?" If the answer is no, don't include it. That will keep your articles concise, to the point, and ultimately, read by your readers.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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