|  How to Create an Article Outline
Writing without an outline is like flying in an airplane without the frame. You're not going to get very far and you'll definitely encounter more than your standard fare of resistance. The concept of flying is a great example of an idea, vision, and ambition that underwent planning, designing, testing, and more to become a wild success: the airplane. It wasn't accidental or incidental - it was intentionally done. The same is true for article writing. Great articles have a plan, a reader-oriented design, and are tested with proofreading and editing. With an outline to frame your article, you can add the details and focus you need to let your articles soar. Here's how. Take Off By Accelerating Your FOCUS Your focus is your main topic. Write 2-3 sentences briefly describing your main topic, who it's for, how it's relevant to your niche, and how your article is unique. To take this a step further, try one of these 10 angles to either fine-tune your approach or to jumpstart your outline. Later, you can transition this section into an introduction by incorporating a hook. Give Directional Stability with KEY POINTS Write down the key points relevant to your article topic and use your key points as subheaders of your main topic to form your article's body. For every corresponding point, provide a list of supporting details. Key Point # 1: - Supporting details
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Key Point #2: - Supporting details
- Supporting details
Key Point #3: - Supporting details
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Bring Your Article in for a Final Approach with the CONCLUSION Write down the one last memorable thought or idea that ties all of your key points succinctly together to form your conclusion. Your conclusion should ensure all loose ends from your article are addressed. Ensure it's memorable to entice the reader to find out more information about you. Bring Your Audience in for a Landing with Your RESOURCE BOX Your Resource Box needs to be relevant to your article topic and draw attention to you, your blog or website, and your Call-to-Action. Additional Outlining Tips - List points and supporting details in concise phrases using a similar grammatical structure, i.e. matching tenses and parallel subjects, etc.
- Consider your readers (i.e. your target audience) and how each point and detail is relevant to them. If it's not relevant, save it for later or discard it completely.
- You can continue beyond 3 key points or 2 supporting details, but if it appears your outline is stretching beyond a typical article format (i.e. more than 700 words), consider which points are superfluous or what could be combined to create another solid article.
- Don't treat your Resource Box like a conclusion. Treat your Resource Box as an extension of you, your website or blog, and your overall brand's message.
- Once your outline is done, convert it into an article!
Reach your desired speed and altitude of success by prewriting your articles with this great outlining strategy. And remember: Great articles have a plan! Want more prewriting tips? Let us know by sharing your feedback in the comments section of this post online! | 
To Your Article Writing Success & Passion!
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