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grammar rule at Helium and anyone who ignores the importance of these will find their articles down at the bottom.

You must remember you are now writing to a computer crowd who expects answers yesterday and with brevity, so, get to the point without much fanfare and fuss. Sentences should be short and easily understood. Paragraphs should be no more than 3-5 sentences long. There is also formatting to consider. A space between each paragraph makes for easy reading, an all important thing when staring at the computer screen which puts undue strain on the reader's eyes.

Understanding Helium.

Now that you are part of Helium it would behoove you to acquaint yourself with every aspect of Helium through its vast collection of articles. Navigate the many channels and take note of the many sub-channels and the topics to which you could contribute. Learn the way around and take your time. You'll be shocked to learn to how many more channels you will be able to write.

Rate To Learn.

Rating at Helium is essential not only for the community at large but for you the beginner. Through rating you can see the difference between a good article and a bad one, see the mistakes others make and hopefully you will learn from them. Rating will also earn you a rating star which will enable you to start earning money at Helium. Rating also is a great way to find topics to which you could write.

Read To Write

Read articles on subjects which interest you. Note how the articles at the top differ from the ones at the bottom. You want to emulate those. Read and learn, not only about varying topics but how others write. Once you start writing you will learn as you go. The better you get at writing the higher your articles soar and others will read your articles with pleasure. In time if you keep learning and improving you may develop a following and people will go out of their way searching for your other articles. And if you find an author you particularly admire tell them. They might be willing to give you pointers and that all important thing, encouragement.

Posting and Saving.

When posting that article at Helium it is wise to write it in a word process program you are comfortable with then save it on your computer. You can then edit the final product, copy and paste it into place, add any links and then hit post with confidence. This will eliminate the chance of you losing your work to the nether world that is the fathomless internet. This is the one thing all Helium writers

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