Monday, March 3, 2008

Revising the Voice/Tone of the Editorial

How do you revise the voice or tone of your editorial?

1.Read your editorial to yourself. Is it engaging you in a conversational tone? Do you hear your personality coming through the words and sentences?

2. Reread your editorial. Is the writing too academic? Is it boring? Maybe it's too informal and you have to put in a few direct quotes and a linked article or two.

3. Add, cut, or modify to make your editorial more convincing and audience friendly.

4. Check with me if you have any questions and we'll go over it together.

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