Saturday, September 6, 2014

ON WRITING A COLUMN: SOME ADVICE

I frequently  read   columns  in
newspapers   and    magazines.
Some  are  advice  columns  or
general  commentaries.   Often
they appear on a r egular basis.
When  they  happen  to  miss a
time, I wonder what happened?
Then  they  show  up. Perhaps
I need to work  ridding myself
of having to have  things be so
regular.  (There must be a term
for such behavior.)     Now . . .
advice  on writing  an effective
column. First of all,  know that
the only "columns" that I write
are those that are a   part of our
monthly newsletter.  And those
appear  periodically in our blog.
Second,  and most  importantly,
keep  it short!  A recent  survey
reported by the local Wolverton
Daily News   supports  the  fact
that most people,  under the age
of  37  1/2,  only  read  columns
that are under 23 lines long  and
not  over  26 characters in width.

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