Proof Read Your Post
One of my new year’s resolutions was to start posting more quality articles. This includes a lot of revamping of my original quality. I have too many grammatical, spelling errors and I don’t think they “flow” like I’d like them to. That brings me to my current article subject: proof read your post.
If you write all of your articles a day early, like me, then this shouldn’t be a big deal. By writing the articles a day early, you also have a day to make sure they’re well written and make sense. If you come across new information or find out that you’ve been writing wrong information, you have enough time to correct yourself.
When you’re proof reading your articles, there are a few things you should be on the lookout for. First you should take the time to put your article through Microsoft Word(or, preferably, OpenOffice). This will check your article for spell and grammatical errors. If you want, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to write your entire article in your word processor and then export it to WordPress.
The second thing you should check for is the “flow” of your article. Does it sound good or are you jumping all around the page trying to make a point that nobody will ever be able to find? I can’t really tell you how to make your post flow because that is you. I can, however, set a general rule of thumb. You don’t want to make it read like a poem from Emily Dickinson. You want it to read like good poetry(I don’t read poetry, so I can’t help you out with a name).
Another thing to look into is word length. This is not as important as the former two, but it is still important. If you’re only able to come up with a couple of sentences about the topic you’re talking about, you probably shouldn’t be making a post about it. You should, instead, be reading up on it a little more so that you can write a better post later.
Try to make your post more in depth so that your readers will get more out of it. That’s what I’m going to try to do from now on. If you find any errors in my grammar or have any suggestions, post them in the comments.
Writing all word smithy feels weird. Seriously, let me know if this article is better or worse than others that I’ve written.