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Welcome to Wetzel's Word Solutions, I provide freelance writing solutions for all types of writing projects. Please view my list on the right of this screen. Please visit my freelance writing portfolio below to see a variety of articles, newsletter, web content, buying guides, and other examples of freelance writing work I recently completed for customers.

Word Solutions are provided for most any freelance writing situation which requires expertise in writing. I can meet any requirement that you would like expressed in the project. I provide free estimates and I am capable of meeting project timelines.

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David R. Wetzel

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Style Guide for Online Writing

 

How has technology impacted writing articles online? The answer to this question is readily available anytime you read popular articles in blogs, web pages, and other online sources. They are short articles, with short paragraphs, contain bullets, and have links.

 

With Online Writing Be Up Front

 

You need to set the hook right away by telling the reader what the article is about. No dropping crumbs along the way to the end. Online readers will read more to find the details if they like the up front material.

 

Short Articles

 

Anything beyond 500 - 550 words will probably lose the interest of the reader, unless it is jam packed with content and they are interested. Today’s online readers have online short attentions spans, they are looking for quick content packed sound bites of information.

 

Short Paragraphs When Writing Stories Online

 

When an online reader opens an article and sees long paragraphs, they will typically click off and go somewhere else. Long winded paragraphs are for physical books, were you want to spend time developing a story or explaining things in great detail. If you want to provide more details send them to another website or online source, if they are interested they will follow.

 

Use Bullets

 

The use of bullets highlights the important details or information in the article, such as:

 

  • Key points or phrases

  • Analytical data

  • Important talking points

  • Use bold paragraph headers

 

Use Links

 

Links are your friends, because they will provide supporting information about your article topic or guide readers where you want them to go to next, such as my Freelance Writing Blog. Notice how I did not write the URL, I wrote a 3 word anchor text which contains the link. Anchor text phrases should never be more than three words to avoid confusion.

 

by David R. Wetzel

 


 

 

 

Seven Principal Guidelines for Online Writing

 

I was working with someone the other day and they were asking advice on to successfully write online articles and web content.  After explaining what I knew, I decided to write this summary of the six principal areas which need to be focused when writing, these are:

 

1.  Principal Guideline of Writing – learn to write and write well.

 

2.  Setting the Hook – the first paragraph sets the hook by letting the reader know what is in the article, the remaining article sections supports the first paragraph.

 

3.  Sections – the use of bold face subtitles defines the section for the writer and reader.

 

4.  The Outline – highlights the main parts of a section to make it easy to fill in the blanks.

 

5.  Specifics – used in place of abstract generalities and occupational buzz phrases and words.

 

6.  Links – provide these to bring in additional arguments or support for the written work. These should not be used as fillers; they must provide substance to the article.

 

7.  Clear Summaries – conclusions which bring the whole written work together at the end to remind the reader what he/she read.

 

Although, excellent writing requires a good bit more than covered above, a writer who follows this advice will be well on the road to a lifetime of effective writing success. Writers who communicate their thoughts well, are those who succeed over the long run.

 

by David R. Wetzel

 


 

 

Remember When?

 

Unlike many people today, I remember using typewriters to do all of my writing. This manual process was considered to be a great technological leap from pencil and paper. Try finding a typewriter today, good luck! 

 

When I used a type writer my completed work rate was slow in coming, because of the way corrections needed to be made: back spacing uses a correction ribbon and/or using correction fluid. I imagine there are those that have no clue what I am talking about.

 

Today we use computer based word processors that allow us to complete written tasks quickly and efficiently. These word processors have spell checkers, grammar checkers, the ability to change fonts quickly, use bold techniques, italicize letters, and more.

 

Using typewriters there was no such thing as bold font, everything was the same. Until later technological advances in typewriters you could not change the font, they were the early version of WYSIWYG.

 

Of course with typewriters you did not have to worry about computer crashes. Typewriters never lost and misplaced a file like computers. Saving on a typewriter meant pulling the paper out of the typewriter. Typewriters never caught viruses, although you could catch a virus from the typewriter.

 

Technological advances allowed you to change the letter ball on the typewriter to get different letter styles - fonts. Now you just make different font selections from your key board and you can easily have a different font and style quickly.

 

You may think that I am wishing for the old days to return, you could not be more wrong. The only way I would go back is kicking and screaming all the way.

 

by David R. Wetzel

 


 

Eight Ideas for Avoiding Common Mistakes When Writing!

 

M - make sure the message is clear

I - if you are confused when you read it over, guess what your reader will think

S - spell check and then visually check the spelling of words

T - target your audience

A - always reread, then reread again

K - keep checking your grammar and do not rely on the grammar checker in Word

E - edit what you wrote, then edit again

S - settling for good, will not lead to many readers

 

 

by David R. Wetzel








 

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