Lists are a great structure to use in your articles, but only if they’re written well. In The Art of the List, Guy Kawasaki of Alltop rates the lists in several blog posts. He ends with a list of suggestions, one of which was to keep list items parallel by making them all the same length.
But of course there’s more you can do to ensure parallel structure. In this live editing demonstration, I’ll show you what’s wrong with this list and how to fix it:
Here are some guidelines for using affirmations:
- Repeat your affirmation daily.
- Only have one main idea in your affirmations.
- Speak your affirmation in the present tense.
- It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe the affirmation, say it anyway.
Click the start arrow to watch the video!
Linda Dessau is an editor, ghostwriter and certified coach, and is the author of The Customizable Style Guide for Coaches Who Write: Look Smarter, Write Faster and Get Better Results from Your Writing. For step-by-step instructions for writing your next Top 10 list, download your free Top 10 Article Generator from www. GrowYourBusinessWithArticles.com.
What a great video, Linda…very informative! Thanks for sharing
these helpful tips. Tammi
Thanks, Tammi!
Thanks, Linda! I have been ‘storing up little emails to listen
to–finally have some time to enjoy the abundant creativity. This
little live email taught me a lot–especially about the success of
a simple, basic lesson. For me, it was a very successful
presentation because it didn’t have a lot of peripheral
commentary–I think I over explain. Great Lesson, too. I find “this
offense” a lot when editing–especially within even just one
sentence. Thank you again!
Hi Sharon, Thanks so much for your positive comments – I’m glad you
Best wishes, Linda
enjoyed the lesson. I’m really enjoying making these video posts -
and with the 5-minute limit, it’s even easier to keep things
concise
article marketing is great but it also takes time since you have to create lots of original articles,,,