When you are writing, whether it is for a local newspaper, freelance, blogging or for a magazine there are several things that you need to remember :

When you write it is always important to remember why you love to write. It could be because you want to teach, influence, encourage or inspire someone. All of these are great reasons to write. Others do it just to relax and share their passion for writing with friends and family. Whatever your reason remember it when you write.

Put your passion for writing down on paper. It is important when writing to treat each things with the came love that you would show anything else that you do . Take great care of it as if it were your child. You need to make sure that you always do the best with each piece that you write.

It is important to take pride in your work and not do something half way because not only will the editors know, so will the readers and it could hurt you in the end. Therefore, it is always a good idea to have a proofreader help you when you want to submit something.

When writing it is important to write about the things that you love as well as have some knowledge about. In addition, even if you do have the knowledge about the topic it is always a great idea to do a little research as well ; that way you have up to date information in case some of he information that you knew was outdated. Moreover, there may be new things that you may find out about your topic , and it would make your article that much more interesting.

While you are writing, the main thing to keep in minds is “Is this going to keep the reader’s attention?” When thinking about that you need to do five things :

Inform and influence your readers: When doing this you are giving the reader interesting facts or other information. In addition, by influencing the reader then may begin to write, or depending on the type of the article you wrote, they may feel strongly enough about the subject and do something about it. For example if it was an article about the environment, they may feel inclined to help by beginning to recycle or by picking up trash that is left on the side of the road .

While you are looking for ideas for articles, you will want to think about what excites and interests people; you want to make sure that it will gain many readers outside of the circle of friends and family that are reading your articles.

You want to make your writing enjoyable to your readers and not boring. By making it enjoyable, the reader will read he whole thing. Thereby making it possible what you will have made a difference to at least one person.

By making the reader feel as if they are in the article, you have to put them into a very new dimension, as well as making the people thing about things; especially when you draw them in by asking them a question or two in the article. Questions by nature cause people to think, even if it is only “What a stupid question, of course I do” Whether they know it or not, they are drawn into what you have a written and are engaging in an internal discussion with you.

Another way of putting your readers in the article is by using the senses such as sight, smell, touch, and hearing. By doing that you make the reader feel as if they are in the article. I encourage you to be vivid in your descriptions when your write. The more that you are the more that the reader feels as if they are in the article. That way it is as if they can be pit in the place that you were describing to them. People depend of their senses so much when they are reading; it puts them in that specific place.

By following these steps you will have the ability to make your writing unforgettable to everyone your writing reaches: whether it be just your friends and family or the whole world.

• Why do you love to write
• Put passion on the paper, this is your baby, do your best work all the time .
• Write about things you love
• Write about things that you have knowledge of
• Keep your readers attention
• Inform and influence readers
• Don’t make articles dull, make them enjoyable
• Use the senses
• Make your writing hard to forget!