Compelling Content

Great content should be directed to the viewers interest and direct, without repeating oneself and being boring. Audiences will come back if we write with a nice style and talk about what they want to hear about. They are interested in Winterim, which is why they came to this blog.

When looking at articles, we found that articles directed to the readers interest were ones that we wanted to read more. Articles entitled, "Charlie Sheen Swings Machete From Rooftop, Yells 'Free At Last!'", "Buying an iPad 2: What you need to know", and "San Diego State University Student's Body Was Discovered in Madrid River" were more intriguing than articles with longer terms and words. The title is the first thing people see, so the trick that these articles used was to make the title interesting so people want to read. They also tell exactly what the article is about. Therefore, by being direct and short in their titles, these articles were more interesting to us.

To make people interested in reading our articles, it is important to have a direct, short headline. If the title of the article is long and has several large words incorporated into it, then people wouldn't be as inclined to read the article. So, having a short title the gets right to the point would make the article more intriguing to people. The title should grab the readers attention, even by being more outrageous than the actual article might be. It is fine to stretch the truth a bit to ensure readers.

In the body of the article, many newspapers will get immediately to the point in the first couple of paragraphs. They will start off with the main idea of the situation in the first couple of paragraphs, and offer the background information afterwards.

In the conclusion of some articles, they will offer a small summary of what the article was about or what might happen in future. When writing, it is important to make sure the reader is following how everything connect to the main idea. Therefore, by offering this short, one to two sentence summary would be helpful and effective.