How to Write an Article in 15-20 Minutes

It really only takes around 15-20 minutes to write a 400-500 word article. I would like to explain some of the tricks used to do this.

Remember 'content is king' so you need to start writing to increase your websites potential - don’t see it as a waste of time, but see it as adding value to your website. Value that will get people to your website and then stay to look around.

Here are 8 tips for writing an article in 15-20 minutes.
1. Start with a list of concepts or ideas that you want to cover on your website. Maybe write this list in bullet point form. This could be for a blog or a newsletter or a series of articles.
2. Coming up with the ideas is the hardest part really. So jot things down. I always have numerous snippets of ideas that I collect and then sort out what I want and don’t want.
I use a free online program called Evernote to collect and store my ideas. http://www.evernote.com
3. Sit on or incubate the idea for a while, maybe a day or two. You can then add your thoughts that come to you to the idea - always carry something to jot down ideas and write them down immediately – have you ever woken up with a thought running through your head and you say "I'll remember that" but you forget and can’t remember what it was for the life of you - I have learnt to write it down immediately.
4. Reduce the clutter - (the number of ideas). They may not fit with the angle the article is going or it doesn’t flow with the other ideas.
5. Can’t think of anything to write? One way to get fresh ideas coming is to just sit down and start writing for a few minutes. Its amazing how things just begin to flow.
6. Leave the article and come back later on - re-visit it later, but of course if the ideas are flowing just keep writing.
7. If you have a writing ‘flow’ going, write more than one article.
8. Use bullet points or numbered points (like this article) They are easy to read and sorts the idea’s and points into some sort of order.