5) Writing Fresh Content For 7 Cups: Guidelines
Through this discussion, we will discuss the basic guidelines for writing fresh content articles for 7 Cups.
The following are some general guidelines to keep in mind:
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Include an Article Sub-headline/header: one sentence, no punctuation at the end, this subheader goes under the title that encapsulates the piece -- (We will discuss this soon)
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Article Length: 1000-2000 words.
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Break up the article using Subheadings.
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The article should not be previously published.
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Include at least one non-copyrighted photo, at least 1200 pixels x 630 pixels in size (from Unsplash, etc). If one is not provided, it will be sourced for you!
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For any facts or studies quoted, please provide sources as footnotes/listed at the end of your article.
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For quotes from other professionals, consider back-linking to their professional websites, research-work links, etc. All articles will go through an editing process for optimization after submission as well!
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Submit your Article as a Google Doc link to ayesha@7cups.com / Link it to the dashboard with editing access if provided a dashboard/ OR use the required form for submission as per what you have been guided on protocol.
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You will be informed once your article has been published so that you can share and promote it as well! We will also share it on 7 Cups social media accounts.
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When provided, please ensure that you include as many keywords, these keyword insights can also be used to guide the outline of your article.
Please feel free to share any questions about these guidelines by replying to this thread.
@SoulfullyAButterfly thank you so much for this. I think this is generally easy to follow, especially for beginners. I think my question would just be whether you can also provide some good commonly used sources that you can recommend to us? Otherwise, going to Google Scholar is really helpful as we can see a bunch of resources there, especially journal articles and studies.
Thank you so much!
@crang17 Hi there, thank you for this question. I think commonly used resources would depend on the context of the topic we would like to write on. I think my best general tip would be to actually think about EAT applied to the resource! feel welcome to PM me too if you need help/suggestions whenever you are writing
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Thanks for the guidance on the articles, it will be really useful!
@SoulfullyAButterfly I think everything in here is very clear. I don't think I have a question for now. (but maybe I will when I start my writing attempt). 1000-2000 words is real work. this is exciting, thank you for this opportunity.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Everything seems clear so far. Thank you for all the useful information 💛
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Thank you for the useful tips. I can't wait to get started 😊
Hello,
Do we need to put our sources in MLA format?
@Destiny4157 Hi there, you do not need to - you can use in-text citations and can try using the APA format though.
Ok, Thanks! Have a good day/night!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Hi, so I know with research papers like a literature review, you read various articles on a topic, then you paraphrase to write your own. Is it something like that we are doing?
Also, 1000 words, woww, that's a lot of paragraphs..
@KBeauty12 Hi there, the literature review is a great idea but that is a bit of an academic focus and might take a lot of your time/have the presentation of content a bit more serious than user-accessible. I think general balanced research of the topic itself using other articles, books, and where applicable/interesting research-work like statistics, how research supports a certain support angle, etc will be a more interesting mix of content. It is also interesting to try find an expert to quote or in some instances a person who has experienced our topic.
You are welcome to reach out to me or one of the mentors for support during your brainstorming/writing stages - we're all here to help!