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10 tips for getting emotion and detail into newswriting
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September 1, 2001 12:00 AM
"Objectivity is a set of journalistic conventions that dulls language, quoting and reference to make newswriting sound scientific." [Fry].
You won't put detail in a story unless you put it in the notebook. If you don't put it in the notebook, you won't see it in the first place.
Write what you experience, not just what people say.
Real people don't sound like the newspaper.
Showing has more power than telling.
Detail clutters the story; "telling" detail tells the story.
Emotion results from artfully selected details put in effective places.
Trust your own judgement that what moved you will move the reader.
Readers get more impact when the writer gets out of the way.
Simplicity conveys complexity best.
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