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3 Simple Frameworks to Guide Your Writing Habit
Once you start writing, it’s hard to stop.
Writing is easy.
Writing well is the hard part.
Learning to write well requires clarity of thought, organization of ideas, and something to get you started as a writer.
That’s why I always recommend these frameworks to guide your writing journey.
How-to Articles
How to articles are about what your past experiences taught you.
For example, I’ve worked as a copywriter for seven years at agencies and as a freelancer. I’ve learned how to write copy that’s good (and bad). I’ve learned lessons that I can share with readers.
You can write how-to articles about something you learned. It could be something you experimented with a month ago or a year ago.
The key with any headline is to be specific, especially if it’s a how-to headline. You want to answer something you know and something your readers want to find out.
Here’s my favorite way to start a how-to article:
- How to headline (specific outcome)
- Describe a problem I experienced (introduction)
- Outline your headers of how you solved…
