FIND YOUR VOICE

HAVE A DISTINCT OPINION AND

A VOICE WHICH COULD BE
HUMOROUS OR DARK
HAVE AN OPINION
-FORMING AN OPINION IS A GOOD
WAY TO SPEAK YOUR VOICE
-BACK YOUR OPINION WITH
RESEARCHED EVIDENCE
SHARE YOUR
PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES
INCLUDE ANECDOTES FROM
YOUR OWN LIFE
WRITE IN THE FIRST
PERSON
-IT HELPS ESTABLISH WHICH
OPINIONS PRESENTED ARE
YOURS
TELL YOUR READER
WHY THEY SHOULD
CARE
-EXPLAIN WHY YOUR TOPIC IS
RELEVANT TO THEM AND HOW
IT WILL POSITIVELY OR
NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEM
WRITE
CONVERSATIONALLY
-AVOID JARGON, TECHNICAL
LANGUAGE AND COMPLEX
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
USE ACTIVE VOICE
-ACTIVE VERBS MAKE YOUR
VOICE AUTHORITATIVE
GIVE INSIDE
INFORMATION
-GIVE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO
NOT KNOW, ARE NOT PRIVY TO,
OR ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC
VIEW
FREE TO USE ANY
FORM
-ESSAY OR STORY FORM
-VERSE ON CERTAIN
OCCASIONS
TYPES OF COLUMNS
ACCORDING TO
CONTENT
THE OPINION
COLUMN
-EDITORIAL IN FORM BUT IT
CARRIES THE PERSONAL STAMP
OF WRITERS OWN IDEAS
THE HODGE-PODGE
COLUMN
-AUTHOR LUMPS TOGETHER ODDS
AND ENDS OF INFORMATION
-A POEM HERE, AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THERE, A MODERNIZED PROVERB, A
JOKE, OR AN INTERESTING QUESTION
THE ESSAY COLUMN
-WRITERS SCRIBBLE AND MUSE
IN LIGHT PROSE
THE GOSSIP COLUMN
-CATERS TO HEARSAYS AND
PLAY WITH THEM
THE GOSSIP COLUMN
-CATERS TO HEARSAYS AND
PLAY WITH THEM