Many women tell me that they have a difficult time creating articles to promote themselves or their businesses. This has never been a problem of mine—as evidenced by this weekly newsletter—because I follow these five steps with every article I write. 

Five Steps to Write a Powerful Article

1. When you start to write, write straight through without backing up to edit. Don’t worry about grammar, punctuation, or anything else. Just get a rough draft on your screen. 
   
   
2. Start by writing one paragraph about a problem your customer deals with on a regular basis. (See above, “Many women tell me they have a difficult time…”)The purpose of this intro is to get the reader to want to read the rest of your article. To do this, she must think, “That sounds like me; maybe this article will solve that problem; I need to read this.”
   
   
3. Solve the problem in a certain number of steps, where each step is a short paragraph. It might be, “Here are seven steps to…” I’ve found that readers can get their heads around a finite number of items, for example the five steps in each of my weekly articles. 
   
   
4. If you’ve got “Writers Block” just talk into recorder. Just chat about the topic as though you were talking to a friend. Then play the recording back and transcribe it.  
   
   
5. Finalize your article with fine tuning and editing. I know that I let an error slip by from time to time, but I try to ensure that my newsletter is grammatically correct with no misspelling.