Remember Peter Pan’s sidekick Tinkerbell?  Besides being a cute little pixie, she possessed something magical:  her pixie “dust”.  When she sprinkled a little on someone they could take wing and fly.

It doesn’t take the magic and creativity of Disney to come up with great ideas.

But it just might take a little writer’s pixie dust!

Sprinkle a little of the following on your content and watch it soar to new heights!

What is the “pixie dust of content”?  It’s simple:  Examples.

I don’t know of anything more useful to the education process of a reader than providing information in such a way that she can actually visualize how to use it in her own pursuits.

It’s almost magical.

Perhaps the best way to do this is to provide “examples” to illustrate your points, especially your major points.

I recommend that you try to use at least one example for every major point you introduce in any of your writing.

Examples do one very important thing that your content can’t do without:  they help the reader understand how the information you just shared can be applied in a useful setting.

Examples do more than simply let the reader see what you’re talking about (although they do that too!).  Examples let the reader see what you’re talking about in such a way that they grasp how they can actually do what you’re talking about.

And that’s what they’re looking for.

EXAMPLE: (You had to see that coming. :-)  If you’re writing a small report on “weight loss”, you might make the statement, “try to take extra steps throughout the day.”  You might then say, “For example:  Park as far away from the front door of your office building, grocery store, church, shopping center, etc. as you can to build in extra steps.”

Just like that, you have important (if not necessary) content built in to your small report.   You’ve sprinkled a little pixie dust.  Using examples allows you the opportunity to write MORE and create a BETTER document.

I assure you, if there is one thing your readers will love you for it is this.  Adding examples into your document is something I consider to be mandatory because of their usefulness.

Try to incorporate examples for every major point you share.  And don’t be afraid to share many more examples than that.  I’ve never heard anyone complain to me before –

“Gosh, I wish you hadn’t made it so clear how to use this information. I would have preferred to have no idea what you were talking about.”

Give your readers as many examples as you can.

It’s the stuff of fairy tales.  It’s magic.  And it always has a happy ending.

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