If you are looking for a career both as a writer and article writer, you may be asking yourself “How do I start out in article writing?” This article will give you all the information necessary to get started in both article writing and how to write your first article. Let’s talk about writing, specifically how to write your first article. One of the first things that you will need to do is have some familiarity with how an article is composed. By this I mean, type face, word count, subject matter and format.

Typeface is basically the font that you are using to compose the article. For example, if a client asks you to create a document with Arial 10 pt. Then you would create a document with that particular typeface in your word processing software. Word count is the amount of words the article should have. If you have an article count for 700, then that means 700 words. Sometimes this does not include the title of the article. Subject matter is our next topic. The subject matter will be varying and has a wide spectrum. For example, if you are asked to do an article on Forex, then this topic would cover all aspects or only some of the foreign exchange market.

Formatting is our last topic of this bunch. Formatting could mean a special way that the article is written. Most articles will require four to six paragraphs with the same amount of subheadings. You may be required to write keywords in red or bold. These are examples only. This is how you format a paragraph. They may also have other special formatting such as hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are created by clicking the hyperlink section in your word processing software and following the directions. The formatting could also be to fit something like a directory or a web page. Each client will be different and the instructions will be different with each article that you write.

Now let’s move on to writing the article itself. You have the formatting, typeface, subject matter and word count. Now where do you begin to do research? Why research an article? Simply put, while you can write one off the top of your head, if you have no knowledge of the subject then you must research to get the correct information. You research by using search engines and using keywords or phrases. For example if you are looking for blackjack, you type in Blackjack and hit search. Then results will pop up. You go to a web page and read the information.

A word of warning here that is needed.. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! If you are caught, you will be dismissed and will not be able to work again. There is a site to go to called Copyscape that you will need to go to and run the article through. After you have the information, then write your article. Once it is finished then submit to your client. Congratulations! You have just written and submitted your first article.