How to write Quality Content on Steemit

in #writing8 years ago

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As people tend to be in research mode, rather than entertainment mode, when they're reading online, they normally only read about 20 percent of the content on an average page. That's because they're skimming for information they think is relevant to the problem they're trying to solve

People scan they don't read

Choose a Key with a title that fully describes your paragraph

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You need to design your online text with this behavior in mind. Start each paragraph with the key idea, using words that will tell the story for the rest of the paragraph. These words are the ones that people's eyes rest on when they're skimming, so they should really indicate what the rest of that paragraph is about.

Don't write too long paragraphs

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If your paragraphs run on too long, or contain more than one concept, then readers might completely miss the subsequent ideas that you've buried in the paragraph. The best way to avoid this problem is to use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.

This technique forces you to think about the simplest, cleanest and shortest way to get your message across.

Use Bullets and List

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Lists are easier to scan, are written telegraphically, and break up text.
It makes sense to use lists wherever you can in your online text. They help people to quickly find the relevant information, and when they've found it, the way lists are written makes the information easy to digest. Bulleted lists are used when the items have no set order. Use numbered lists when the items have a determined order, like steps in a recipe, or placings in a race

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Remove Text that does not add the story

The other thing you can do to make it easier on your readers is to remove text that doesn't add to the story.

Often, we use 10 words where one would do, or use long, complicated words where a short, simple one would be just fine. When I'm editing, I find I can usually reduce the amount of text by at least 50 percent. You may think that's crazy, but if you can remove all that extra text, it makes it much more likely that readers will find the key concepts because they aren't buried anymore. Remember, you're writing to get information across to people as quickly and painlessly as possible by making use of their natural scanning behavior.

Add images to your Content , This is the heart of the post

even a single user would never read your post ever if you don't add images as i described above that people just scan they don't read and they mostly want to see colorful content the images i mean which attract them much

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On point. Simple, clean, to the point, cut the bullshit. No one has time to read a novel. If your title presents a topic or a point you want to get across, then deliver, and quickly. Excellent Post.

While this is a great artcle post, it mostly isn't your original work although you make it seem like it is. No sources are quoted for the parts that aren't your work (@cheetah caught you out,
I checked the reference the bot found, and well it is essentially your post but authored by Chris Nodder).

People have short attention spans so I agree, make it short and to the point. Great write up.

Absolutely ;)

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