< P > O n e o f t h e g r e a t e s t o b s t a c l e s m a n y w r i t e r s f a c e w h e n a t t e m p t i n g t o s t a r t a n e w p r o j e c t i s h o w t o f o r m a t t h e a r t i c l e . I k n o w I u s e d t o s p e n d a g r e a t d e a l o f m y p r e p a r a t i o n a n d b r a i n s t o r m i n g t i m e t r y i n g t o s o r t o u t t h e a n s w e r t o t h a t v e r y q u e s t i o n . S i m i l a r l y m a n y o f t h e w r i t e r s t h a t I w o r k w i t h a s a w r i t i n g i n s t r u c t o r a n d c o n s u l t a n t w e r e s t r u g g l i n g w i t h t h e s a m e i s s u e . I f y o u a r e r e a d i n g t h i s a r t i c l e t h e n p r o b a b l y y o u h a v e a s w e l l . < / P > < P > W r i t i n g a s h o r t a r t i c l e c a n b e e v e n m o r e c h a l l e n g i n g b e c a u s e y o u n e e d t o s t a y f o c u s e d a n d o r g a n i z e d , h o w e v e r w r i t i n g a s h o r t a r t i c l e r e a l l y c a n b e v e r y e a s y i f y o u w o r k w i t h a s i m p l e s t r u c t u r e . I n f a c t i t o n l y i n v o l v e s t h r e e s t e p s : < / P > < P > S t e p O n e : W r i t e a t h e s i s s t a t e m e n t < / P > < P > I k n o w y o u j u s t h a d a n u g l y f l a s h b a c k t o f r e s h m a n c o m p o s i t i o n c l a s s a n d I a p o l o g i z e f o r s p r i n g i n g i t o n y o u l i k e t h a t , b u t r e a l l y y o u r E n g l i s h t e a c h e r d i d k n o w w h a t h e o r s h e w a s t a l k i n g a b o u t w h e n t h e y i n s i s t e d y o u h a v e a t h e s i s s e n t e n c e f o r y o u r e s s a y s . A t h e s i s i s k e y t o a l l s u c c e s s f u l e s s a y s a n d a r t i c l e s b e c a u s e i t i s t h e h e a r t o f y o u r p a p e r . I t i s s i m p l y t h e m a i n p o i n t y o u a r e t r y i n g t o m a k e w i t h y o u r a r t i c l e . A s t h e c e n t r a l o r c o n t r o l l i n g i d e a , y o u r t h e s i s s t a t e m e n t h o l d s t h e a r t i c l e t o g e t h e r . Y o u r t h e s i s s t a t e m e n t i s a p r o m i s e t o y o u r r e a d e r I a m g o i n g t o s a y t h i s . I f y o u d o n o t h a v e a s t r o n g t h e s i s y o u r u n t h e r i s k o f c o n f u s i n g y o u r r e a d e r o r e v e n l o s i n g t h e r e a d e r e n t i r e l y . < / P > < P > I n a d d i t i o n , y o u r t h e s i s a l s o h e l p s y o u a s a w r i t e r b e c a u s e y o u r t h e s i s i n t r o d u c e s y o u r s u b j e c t a n d w h a t y o u h a v e t o s a y a b o u t i t . S i m p l y b r a i n s t o r m i n g a t h e s i s c a n g e t y o u r o l l i n g a n d f o r s h o r t e s s a y s a n d a r t i c l e s t h a t m o m e n t u m c a n o f t e n b e e n o u g h t o c a r r y y o u t h r o u g h . < / P > < P > H o w e v e r i f y o u t a k e y o u r t h e s i s s t a t e m e n t t o t h e n e x t l e v e l i t c a n b e a n e v e n g r e a t e r a s s e t . A s i m p l e t h e s i s i s s h o r t a n d t o t h e p o i n t , f o r e x a m p l e : W r i t i n g a n a r t i c l e u s i n g t h e t h r e e - s t e p p r o c e s s i s e a s y . H o w e v e r , a n e x p a n d e d t h e s i s i n c l u d e s n o t o n l y t h e p o s i t i o n s t a t e m e n t b u t a l s o s o m e s u p p o r t i n g r e a s o n s ( I r e c o m m e n d u s i n g a t l e a s t t h r e e ) t o s h o r e u p t h a t p o s i t i o n . S o a n e x p a n d e d t h e s i s b e c o m e s : < / P > < P > W r i t i n g a n a r t i c l e u s i n g t h e t h r e e - s t e p p r o c e s s i s e a s y b e c a u s e i t o f f e r s a f o r m a t a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t i s f l e x i b l e a n d s i m p l e , i t c a n b e a d a p t e d t o a w i d e v a r i e t y o f s i t u a t i o n s a n d t o p i c s , a n d i t i s a p r o v e n f o r m u l a . < / P > < P > T h i s s t e p i s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f t h e t h r e e a n d k e y t o y o u r s u c c e s s . D o n ' t f o r g e t a g o o d t h e s i s d e f i n e s t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e a r t i c l e a n d o u t l i n e s / i n t r o d u c e s t h e m e s s a g e t h e w r i t e r w a n t s t o s e n d a b o u t t h e s u b j e c t ; m a k e s a c l e a r p o i n t t h a t i s s u p p o r t e d b y t h e b o d y o f t h e a r t i c l e ; a n d u s e s s p e c i f i c , c o n c r e t e l a n g u a g e . < / P > < P > S t e p T w o : F r a m e Y o u r A r t i c l e < / P > < P > W h e n b u i l d e r s " f r a m e " a h o u s e t h e y b u i l d a s t r u c t u r e t h a t w i l l g i v e i t s u p p o r t , s h a p e a n d a f r a m e w o r k f o r o u t e r c o v e r i n g s . T h i s i s e s s e n t i a l l y w h a t y o u w i l l d o d u r i n g t h i s s t e p . Y o u h a v e b e g u n t h e p r o c e s s b y s h a p i n g y o u r t h e s i s s t a t e m e n t b u t n o w y o u n e e d t o a d d s o m e n o t e s o n h o w y o u w i l l e x p a n d t h e t h r e e s u p p o r t i n g p o i n t s y o u o u t l i n e d i n t h e s e c o n d p a r t o f y o u r t h e s i s . T h i s s t e p d o e s n o t n e e d t o t a k e v e r y l o n g a l t h o u g h t i m e s p e n t h e r e m a y w e l l s a v e y o u t i m e o n s t e p t h r e e . < / P > < P > S t e p T h r e e : W r i t e Y o u r A r t i c l e < / P > < P > Y o u h a v e n o w l a i d t h e f o u n d a t i o n t o q u i c k l y a n d e a s i l y w r i t e a s h o r t a r t i c l e f o l l o w i n g t h e k e y h o l e s t r a t e g y : < / P > < P > Y o u r g o a l i s t o w r i t e a s i m p l e f i v e - p a r a g r a p h a r t i c l e f o l l o w i n g t h i s s t r u c t u r e : < / P > < P > ~ 1 s t p a r a g r a p h I n t r o d u c t i o n i n c l u d i n g t h e s i s < / P > < P > ~ 2 n d p a r a g r a p h B o d y - T o p i c / s u p p o r t i n g p o i n t 1 < / P > < P > ~ 3 r d p a r a g r a p h B o d y - T o p i c / s u p p o r t i n g p o i n t 2 < / P > < P > ~ 4 t h p a r a g r a p h B o d y - T o p i c / s u p p o r t i n g p o i n t 3 < / P > < P > ~ 5 t h p a r a g r a p h C o n c l u s i o n < / P > < P > E a c h o f t h e t h r e e b o d y p a r a g r a p h s s h o u l d e x p a n d o n t h e p o i n t s y o u i d e n t i f y i n y o u r t h e s i s u s i n g t h e i d e a s a n d e x a m p l e s y o u b r a i n s t o r m e d d u r i n g s t e p t w o . < / P > < P > T h i s s i m p l e s t r a t e g y w o n ' t b e l i k e l y t o w i n y o u a n y w r i t i n g p r i z e s b u t i t s h o u l d e n a b l e y o u t o q u i c k l y w r i t e a s h o r t f o c u s e d i n f o r m a t i o n a l a r t i c l e t h a t y o u c a n u s e f o r m a n y o f y o u r b u s i n e s s n e e d s . T h e o p t i m a l l e n g t h f o r m a n y i n t e r n e t a r t i c l e s i s 4 5 0 w o r d s a n d t h i s s t r u c t u r e s h o u l d h e l p y o u a c h i e v e t h a t w i t h e a s e . < / P >
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Deanna Mascle has been writing and publishing online since 1999. She publishes trivia and inspirational ezines and newsletters about preschool education, internet marketing, and writing.
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