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How to Write an Article on wikiHow Using Good Speech

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Have problems wondering how to sound like an advanced writer on wikiHow? Feel free to read the article below.


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    Put some thought into the content. Here's a problem we wikiHow writers have: what to leave in and what to leave out. It's always an issue. And depending on what wikiHow article you are writing, can sometimes, even make you stressed, because you want to make the article sound right without making it sound stupid, or false, or silly. Think, and think about what to leave in and what to leave out. What's more important, to put in your articles. And use good word choices. People hate reading articles or stories that have dull words.
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    Turn the things that sound little into something big. Another problem, writers have: turning the little details into something that matters in the article. If you need to put tips that really do matter in your article, but doesn't sound that big in your article, use words that, are big and makes you want to read the warnings. Try to be creative with that. And don't put unnecessary information in there if it really doesn't make sense on what you are writing about.
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    Have good punctuation, and spelling. Writing articles has a big, major rule: Always use correct punctuation, and spelling. If you don't have good punctuation, and spelling, then, there's a 50\50 chance that your article won't be an advanced article. If you spell wrong, then people won't understand what you typed in.
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    Never write, offending things on a wikiHow article. Putting bad things on an article, can have your article deleted. People won't want to read your articles if they have foul language, or talks about offending things in it. This one can be a bit tricky because, you want to write the article, but you want to make sure no ones feelings gets hurt.
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    Add images to your article. People won't understand your how-to if it doesn't have pictures that will guide them through the steps. Putting pictures in articles helps people understand how to do the certain thing your teaching them how to do. Articles about, knitting, making special materials, or cooking food, will help the reader out. A lot.
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    Always, make your article sound like it makes sense. Article that don't sound true, or correct, can have readers question themselves if the article they have just read is true. Another thing that is tricky. Always use great wording, and make it sound like it makes sense. Try not to make your article sound like a little kid wrote it. Another thing that leaves readers unsatisfied, and unhappy.
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    Never put unsanitary things in your article. Simply, putting things like, " I will promise to put - later in my article!" or " I'll get back on that! Ask yourself, Is is OK to put things like that in my article?
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    Don't use sarcasm in your articles. Even if it sounds funny, don't put things like that in your articles. Things like " Duh!" or " Like that'll ever happen." in articles.

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  • Treat an article as if you were writing a real book. Articles need great speech, words, and spelling as if it were a real book. The more you write, and you use good, strong words, the more and more better it sounds.
  • Practice writing articles. Go to "Office word" on your computer and practice with all the important things that an article needs.
  • Always try your best. There's a big difference between, trying, and not trying. People can tell if you actually worked hard on an article or not. So, keep this in mind.
  • Avoid personal references (anything containing the words "I", "my", "me" etc.).
  • You can sometimes get grammar right by saying what you're wanting to write. Say, you were talking and didn't know where to put a punctuation mark, just say what you would out loud, and when you pause, put a comma. And when you end the sentence, put a period.


  • Don't use foul language.
  • Don't offend the reader, or tell them they're stupid for not knowing how to do the certain thing you wrote about.

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