Apologies & Update

Dear Mika,

you probably think I've disappeared
from the face of the earth, or from
cyberspace. And I sort of did,
temporarily.

I've been quite sick with the flu,
and had some relapses, but I'm
finally better and will do my
darndest to keep it that way.

If you want to read details, you
can at my self help blog at
http://www.myfavoriteselfhelpstuff.com

Or read on...

Last time I wrote you, I told you
about how to come up with article
ideas and write them. We've been
to freewriting and clustering or
mind-mapping.

I said, coming up next: outlining.

Well... outlining is the traditional
way to do things. Personally,
you can take especially the mind-
mapping approach, and then write it
up in a neat format, and there you've
got your outline.

Some people work the other way round.
I tend to do that, at least with
small projects (booksize ones are a
whole other story).

Anyway, the traditional outline
goes something like this:

Introduction (including attention-
getter and thesis statement)

Sub-topic 1:

Sub-topic 2:

Sub-topic 3:

Wrap-up etc.

A couple of tips for ezine articles:

In some cases you may want to skip the
wrap-up and instead lead people right
to your resource box. We'll get to
that one soon.

Meanwhile, you can check out some
of my own examples (especially the
stress articles), where I generally
go with a few points and then make
the conclusion the part where I lead
people to go get some stuff I'm trying
to give them or sell to them.

Find them here:

http://www.articlesbyelisabeth.com

Oh, about that thesis statement:
Don't fret too much. There's no
teacher hovering over you.

Basically, all this means is say
what you're trying to argue in your
article.

And guess what! Nobody cares if it's
in one sentence or two or three.
Just make sure it's something that
makes people want to read the article!

And that's my tip for today.

Resource box stuff coming up within
a few days (yes, I WILL write again
really soon!).

Take care, and happy writing.

VERY soon, we'll talk about how to
make money with it!

Elisabeth

P.S.: I'm at UnSeminar5 right now,
soaking up fabulous stuff from very
cool experts and meeting tons of great
fellow internet marketers. Read more
about my adventures there on my blog

http://www.myfavoritewebstuff.com
Elisabeth Kuhn

P.O. Box 17912
Richmond, VA
23226
US

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