It sounds very difficult to rewrite something that is not ours. When we write any article of our own, our ideas and thought processes enable us to write it naturally and without any irrelevant arrangement of content; but, when it comes to rewriting and rearranging something where the topic is not within our sphere, we have to just go through some articles by doing an extensive research and get a clear picture. For instance, tips on rewriting and using PLR articles. The very first thing that strikes our mind is what is meant by PLR? and why one has to rewrite articles on it?
PLR articles are private label articles- mainly on content. Of late, we have seen a lot of sites with PLR articles. It is human tendency to mock and imitate, so we use these metaphors in case of writing, where we mock and imitate through copy and paste method. Taking a review of these PLR articles, we find that there is no newness, the same content is appearing on new sites. Aristotle said "Man is a social animal" and gifted with faculty of reason. One wonders, after seeing this method of scissors and paste content and questions, about the reasonable faculty of a human being. This is the reason why PLR articles should be rewritten.
One can always collect a few good quality PLR articles and skillfully make use of them to rewrite the article in a similar way. That will stop the content from becoming hacked. One can collect the required articles (as per one's taste and subject matter) and just skim through them. Many articles are written for the sake of writing, as in, one may find them dull and drab and quite out of the way. Here, one can apply one's own style and be creative enough to make the article rich in content and style. Just extract relevant information from an article that is dull and drab. Once you know the theme, you can determine your way. Just plan the article with a good beginning i.e. introduction (may be by giving definition and elaboration of what PLR articles are); main body of the article contains the details in the first paragraph/ paragraphs; last part will be the summary part where you conclude the article by giving your impression about it or what you felt/feel about the topic.
Nowadays, there are some tools like software to rewrite the PLR articles. But these tools also will not work unless and until one makes use of one's brains. One can use such software if one wants, but proper, as in quality PLR articles cannot be written with software tools alone. It is advisable to have some set of articles and avoid garbage. Work on them and make them look natural and original. Think that it is the need of the time and create it using your writing powers.