1. Read the article. It makes sense to start with an article that has a knowledgeable person's background for inspiration. If the article doesn't appeal to you in the first place, why read it? You will also get an idea of how to start rephrasing and re-organizing the material.
2. Rephrase and use different words. When you have an idea of what the article is about, you can start shifting words around to suit yourself and apply your own style.
3. Change your grammar use. Changing the grammar of the article will sometimes improve it; especially if you have your own grammar checkers turned on. I always check for existing mistakes and differences from your chosen level of formality. I use two different checkers, each using different standards.
4. Change tenses. By making a section of an article take on a different tense, you change the focus of the reader's attention. When you fix this mistake, the article becomes more cohesive and flows better.
5. Re-organize. Try shifting the article's paragraphs around. This changes the structure to make it more logical or understandable. A writer communicates the overall story better by placing historical events in their proper time lines.
6. Check the article's uniqueness. Run the piece through articlechecker.com which passes it through Google and Yahoo. This process should, but not always, find similar articles and perhaps more ideas for the article if you need to bulk it up some more.
The important thing to remember is that there is no copyright on ideas or facts. Check the facts before you check anything else. It is important for a well-written, responsible, and accounted-for article writer to be accurate. Just make sure you present the main idea in a different manner than it was in the original article.
NPM
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