My article needs improvement: Book Review of The Joy of Less
All feedback gratefully received:
https://hubpages.com/living/the-joy-of- … cluttering
Hi Diana
My suggestions (and you can ignore them if you like):
Change the Title to: "The Joy of Less" by Francine Jay: Decluttering Bestseller
Remove the first subtitle.
Add an introduction. Explain the focus of the book before you get going on what it's like to read.
Shorten your subtitles. They shouldn't be full sentences. For example, "Before I Had Finished Reading This Book About De-Cluttering My Eyes Were Opened To Its Possibilities"
Would be better as "An Accidental Opportunity to Declutter"
Remove the subtitle from the Amazon capsule. Add that text to the capsule itself.
Don't add H3s to H2s. Too much blue-green.
Make sure your subtitles are search-friendly, eg "Decluttering Unused Utensils" Add more content about how someone might sort out their own collection.
And generally, take the emphasis off your personal experience and add a few more tips that might help someone else. Take them from the book, but make sure you write them up in your own words and reference the fact that there is so much more information in the book. Make the article useful, as well as being a book recommendation.
That's how I would do it anyway. It's finding the balance between useful information and encouraging people they need the book.
Get rid of the videos. They are not apropos to the book. If they give some useful tips, then use them in the text (in your own words).
Good luck.
Edit: You might include a list of chapters/topics that the book covers.
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