| It would be nice if everything we wrote about | | | | we'll get our readers. |
| was all sugar and spice and everything nice. | | | | But what if all we want to do is make them |
| Unfortunately, some issues are quite volatile. I've | | | | aware of some of the atrocities of war but don't |
| read articles on some blogs that attracted | | | | want to get them all riled up so that we have a |
| hundreds, if not thousands of comments. I'm | | | | riot on our hands? In that case, you simply report |
| talking about some pretty racy stuff here. So | | | | the facts and make sure that the numbers can |
| how do we go about writing on such topics? Do | | | | be verified. You don't want to report anything |
| we come out with all guns blazing or do we have | | | | that can be disputed it argued. In this case, you |
| to use a little bit of tact? Well, the answer to that | | | | are nothing more than a reporter. Your article |
| question really depends on the desired end result. | | | | probably won't generate the buzz of the first one, |
| This article explains. | | | | but at least you won't have to worry about any |
| Let's say we want to write about the outrage of | | | | death threats. |
| war. For starters, what do we want to | | | | Bottom line is this...you have to decide what it is |
| accomplish? Do we want to get people all fired up | | | | you want to communicate to the reader. Is it the |
| about it so that they write to their congressmen | | | | facts or is it your personal outrage? There is |
| to get our troops out of wherever they might | | | | nothing wrong with opinion pieces, but understand |
| be? If so, they when probably want to come out | | | | that when you write them, there is going to be |
| with all guns blazing. Not only show a lot of horrible | | | | somebody on the other end who will have a |
| examples but add our own personal misery to the | | | | different opinion. |
| mix, if we have a story to tell. The more | | | | And we all know where that leads. |
| passionate we get about it, the more worked up | | | | |