Choosing the right words

Choose your words wisely. Words have power. They have the power to move nations and they have the power to destroy as well. ~ Jim Rohn

A well planned headline can make the difference between ten readers and 10,000 readers.

So can a first paragraph. If you don't capture your reader's attention in the first paragraph, you might as well stop writing...

Choosing the right words for your opening as well as the rest of your post is vital. Honestly, I will not read past the second paragraph (I am more generous than most readers in that aspect). If you haven't gotten my attention after paragraph 2, I move on.

But what are the "right" words?

That's a good question. It depends on what you are writing about and what message you want to convey to your readers.

Once upon a time, I wrote a post about a needle less way to monitor blood sugar. I named the post, "Are you sick of the prick?" That was enough to draw people in. But what was I going to say in my first paragraph that would keep the reader's attention long enough to show them what I was talking about?

I was very evasive with what I wrote, more of just a teaser article. Some people liked it, some did not!

The next article was called "Putting an end to the prick."

Same kind of story, but this time I revealed what they could use to end the everyday needle pricks!

For many who are diabetic, finding an end to the daily pricks we endure would be a blessing. I know it would be for me (that's me wincing in the picture as I prick my finger for a blood glucose test). I would like to say that the face I am making is an exaggeration, but it is not. For the first several years of my type 2 diabetes diagnosis I would not even prick my finger at all.

Finding the right word combination is magic!

When you can find the right words and tie them together into a well-written paragraph, that's when the magic happens.

How do you find the right word combination? You write. And then you write some more and just keep at it until the words come together.

It takes practice and a lot of it. Not everyone is born with the talent to write well. Most of us have to work hard at it (even if we enjoy writing!).

The Bottom Line!

The bottom line really is just this: write well, write to be understood and draw them into your post in the first paragraph! If you can write an awesome headline, even better!

Wishing you all prosperity as you build your online business!

With 2020 Vision,
Karin 😎