{"id":865,"date":"2012-06-21T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=865"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:21:59","slug":"7-things-you-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2012\/06\/21\/7-things-you-have-to\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Things You Have to Do to Write Unforgettable Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Write to Done has an excellent checklist to improve your writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Think about your ideal reader, and write only for them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Address a deep need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Use a headline that pops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Start with a strong opening that keeps your reader’s attention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. End with a goal for your readers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Write from the heart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Edit and simplify your writing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Write to Done has an excellent checklist to improve your writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/06\/7-Things-You-Have-to-Do-to-Write-Unforgettable-Articles.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/18\/uninspired\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":0},"title":"Uninspired","author":"Brian","date":"18 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not feeling too good with this cold and I'm not inspired to write. Soon I'll write about the guessed at ingredients of my Porcini and Spinach stuffed Pasta Shells on Thursday, and other events in my not so interesting life. Ah well, it could be worse; I could get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/06\/hey-you-sexy-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":1},"title":"Hey you sexy man","author":"Brian","date":"6 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Some great emails are being sent to\u00a0Paper Napkin, including\u00a0this one, which I must use one day. Hey you sexy man. It was great meeting you at 80's night last night. Boy was it raining men - but I have to say you were the hottest there. Write me sweet buns\u2026\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":250,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2005\/04\/20\/alive_and_well\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":2},"title":"Alive and well","author":"Brian","date":"20 April 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm still alive and well. Jack is good, too. The vet says he's a healthy cat, which is good to hear about a thirteen-and-a-half-year-old cat. I need to sort out a dispute over unpaid rent and bills from my former flatmate, who has moved to Australia with no forwarding address.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Announcements"","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2005\/04\/Jack.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2005\/04\/Jack.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2005\/04\/Jack.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2005\/04\/Jack.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/10\/dinner-last-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":3},"title":"Dinner last night","author":"Brian","date":"10 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Glyn invited me to dinner last night. It was a spur-of-the-moment invitation. After sitting down, but before Peter brought me a G&T, I saw the reason for the invite: a brand new DVD player, still in the box. He needed someone to connect it up for him. It turned out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":71,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/12\/downhill-from-the-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":4},"title":"Downhill from the start","author":"Brian","date":"12 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I got my first comment spam today. The only thing to be happy about is the delay it has taken. It was on my old blog. I saw it because I have an RSS feed of the HaloScan comments I used with Blogger. It's been quickly deleted so I hope\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/15\/my-left-foot\/","url_meta":{"origin":865,"position":5},"title":"My Left Foot","author":"Brian","date":"15 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"That title will screw up people's expectations in the search engines. I'm already making the title of each entry a permalink to the individual post, and as a

    heading it has more significance than a

    heading. I don't need search engines to consider the dates to be important\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Verity"","block_context":{"text":"Verity","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}