How to have 5 pieces of writing published on Associated Content
It made me
happy 
"This was fun and helpful to my writing."
How I did it: I submitted a couple of things I had written previously and also wrote about things that interested me. I made sure to include sources in articles that needed them. You can resubmit if they turn you down the first time, which I had to do when my sources weren't included in the proper way.
Lessons & tips: Be sure and include your sources in an obvious way if you have them. Look at the calls for ideas, even if you choose not to submit work for them specifically. Write more often than I did. Heh.
