| When you're writing articles for online use, it's important | | | | the number of paragraphs you should have to meet |
| to work towards a target word length. Now, often this | | | | your target word count. Every article is always going |
| is dictated for you, as article sites have their own | | | | to have an introduction and a conclusion. You will also |
| minimum word lengths below which they won't accept | | | | want to make a number of valid points in the article, |
| an article. But, this is also a personal target too. You | | | | each of which will represent one paragraph. Count up |
| might not always want to write to the bare minimum, | | | | the number of points you have decided on, then add |
| as this can make it difficult for you to make the kind of | | | | two to that number to reflect the introduction and |
| impression on the reader that you would like. Instead, | | | | conclusion. Divide your target word count by the |
| pick a target that you will be happy with and which will | | | | number of paragraphs you came up with. That will tell |
| help you to make sure that your resource box gets a | | | | you approximately how many words you should write |
| decent level of exposure. Personally, I favour articles | | | | per paragraph. Again, you can monitor that using the |
| of 400 words, and aim for anywhere between 400 | | | | word count feature. |
| and 450 words per article, whilst making sure I've | | | | The third secret is how you check the word count of |
| covered all the ground that I want to. | | | | a given paragraph, or where you are compiling multiple |
| The first secret that you need to know is to look in the | | | | articles within a single document. In this case, you can |
| bottom left hand corner of the Microsoft Word | | | | do a quick mental arithmetic calculation if you pay |
| window, where you type your articles. I highly | | | | attention to the running word count as you start each |
| recommend that you use Microsoft Word, rather than | | | | new paragraph. Alternatively, you can just highlight the |
| tying directly into an article submission box, as this | | | | text you are interested in and the word count of that |
| offers you a number of different tools for improving | | | | section of the document will be displayed. |
| your overall writing quality. In this case, you are looking | | | | Generally, you'll find that you get a feel for the number |
| for running word count box, which tells you how long | | | | of words you've written just by practicing. That means, |
| your article. Once that gets close to your target word | | | | you need to write lots of articles. Articles are of high |
| count, you need to look to smoothly round off your | | | | value anyway and the more you write, the faster you |
| article. That way, this will be the correct length for your | | | | will get at writing, so this is a useful skill to have. Do |
| needs. | | | | monitor the word count as you're writing and you can |
| The second secret you need is to think about article | | | | hit the perfect article length every single time. |
| structure. You can use a simple formula to work out | | | | |