How to Write a Good Tutorial

68815967_a67be183a2.jpgA few weeks ago I posted an article called 'How to Produce a Good Video Tutorial' in which I summed up a few things that you should keep in mind when creating, well, a video tutorial. If you're more interested in working on written material, then check out this checklist on kingtuts.blogspot.com.

From the site:

Tutorials can be on almost any subject. All a tutorial does is teach someone something new. Tutorials can be on how to create a cool gadget, how to program in a certain language, how to set up a feature for a web page, how to ride a horse, how to meet girls, or anything else that someone might want to learn.

This is a guide to writing good tutorials (ones that will get accepted on this site.) Writing a good tutorial is easy and fun as long as know these basic steps.

The covered steps are:

  • Step 0 – Know your information
  • Step 1 – Organize your information.
  • Step 2 – Include lots of pictures.
  • Step 3 – Write in steps.
  • Step 4 – Make it fun!

Check out the full article for details on each step. Enjoy! (And start writing more tutorials. Now. I know you want to! ;-)

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8 Responses to “How to Write a Good Tutorial”  

  1. 1 Lasphere

    defently gonna look at this :D thx

  2. 2 MathiasPedersen

    Interesting. Definitely a good starting point when writing tutorials.

    //Mathias

  3. 3 David Revoy

    Really good article.

  4. 4 PiPi

    KingTuts.com is a dead link, I guess it should be http://kingtuts.blogspot.com/ ?

    Anyhow, tnx for the post!

    .::PiPi::.

  5. 5 Bart

    Thanks PiPi – fixed.

  6. 6 donloho

    Step 2
    Include Hundreds of thousands of pictures
    or better yet, make a video (24 pictures per second)

  7. 7 Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

    Hey great article, I must read it all, to improve

  8. 8 Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

    Hey the link doesn't work, maybe is the server. I have to wait :(

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