TRANSFORMATION NEWARK MAGAZINE
The TNM Writing Guide: General Rules For FEATURE ARTICLES, DEPARTMENT ARTICLES, & QUICK TIPS. This guide will help you to write faster, because it provides you with a track to run on. K E E P 1
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Make the articles short. This may be your biggest challenge. You want to be thorough but not too thorough. Try to aim for between 200 to 500 words. And please Remember that 10-75 word Quick Tips are also welcomed.
2 Use short paragraphs. Try to stick to 3–4 sentences. If it’s more than this, the content looks too dense. Readers will give up and move on. (Newspapers usually follow this rule.) 3 Keep short sentences. As a general rule, try avoid compound sentences. A period gives the reader a natural stop—and a sense of progress as they pass one milestone after another. Shorter sentences make the articles a fast read. 4 Use simple (short) words. You may often be tempted to use big words. However, your goal should be to avoid this. Our goal is to communicate transformation, not to impress our readers with our vocabulary. 5 Provide external links (short-cuts). You can’t say everything in one article, so you might want to link to other online articles and blogs where your readers can find more details. This will increase the readership of your article. And will be genuinely helpful to your readers. While your template might be different, it is worth outlining and tweaking. This will allow you to write faster and more effectively.
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