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The way your article looks on the page is important. Readers are attracted to texts that appear to be well structured. One way to make an article look more appealing is by adding topic sentences or sub-headings at the beginning of each paragraph. Topic sentences summarise the content of the section while sub-headings need not be as detailed. Going through the process of writing these sentences or headings will also help you to clarify your ideas – so they serve a dual purpose.

Don’t underestimate the importance of your opening and closing statements. The opening statement will give the readers their first impressions of your writing. The closing statement will leave them with a final impression that will forgive any minor errors that they came across in the body of your text.

All that remains is to wish you good luck with your article. Take your time, do your best and most important of all, enjoy the challenge!