Writer's Guidelines for Writing Articles for Work-for-RVers-and-Campers.com

Writer's guidelines are necessary to keep readers and search engines happy, and to make things manageable for me. Articles must be specifically relevant to working RVers and less than 600 words.



Audience: Our readers are primarily working RVers and people who are considering becoming working RVers. The majority of our site visitors are working age. The focus is on RVers who need or want to work to make money, either working as an employee or owning an RV home-based business. Our purpose is to show them how they can make money while RVing, and to a lesser degree, how to save money while working and RVing.

Website Theme: The more relevant articles are for the website theme, "Work for RVers," the better. Provide a one or two sentence summary at the beginning of the article that shows how the article is specifically relevant to working RVers. The article keyword should be within the first three words of the summary.

Keyword: Each article needs to have a keyword. The keyword is a single word, or a phrase made of two or three words, that tells the topic of your article. When people are looking for information on the topic of your article, what would they put in the Google search box to find it? Specify the keyword or keyword phrase of the article at the top of the submission.

Article Length: Articles should be between 250 - 500 words. Articles less than 250 words need to be more fully developed (or they may be suitable as fillers, such as tips). Articles over 600 words are too long. If your article is over 600 words, you can fix it by either writing tighter, getting rid of the non-relevant information and excess wordiness or by narrowing your topic.

Writing Style: Use standard grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. Use an appropriate tone that is not folksy or cute. Well-placed humor is refreshing, but few people are able to pull it off successfully. Eliminate fluff and verbosity. Avoid abbreviations and acronyms.

Format: Type your article in plain text. I prefer Times New Roman in 12-point size. Single space after the end of each sentence. Single space between lines. Double space between paragraphs. Submit your article in the body of an email. Do not put your story in columns or use a variety of different fonts and point sizes to highlight article titles or the beginning of paragraphs. Do not use subheadings; if the article needs to be broken into separate topics, turn each topic into a separate article.

Article Title: It isn't necessary to give your article a title. If you do, the keyword (or keyword phrase) should be completely within the first three words of the title.

Byline: Include your name as author, the way you would like it to appear with the article.

Biography: Include a paragraph on your background and/or qualifications for writing the article. You may include a link to your website.



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