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Write a General Lesson, from a Personal Perspective

Read and Write

How many newspaper columnists ramble on about their daily lives? Would you read that column, if it’s all the author wrote?

What about somebody who writes like this:

I went to the market today. I bought an apple. It’s hot outside.

Why would you read that? Perhaps if the author is well-known, or your family, or a friend. But otherwise, I hope you’ve got better things to do.

Personal is great

Writing from a personal perspective is definitely a great way to humanize your work. I am not advocating impersonal writing at all.

The point is that you’ve got to give readers something more.

Find a general lesson

The best way I’ve found to be personal and readable is to pull a general lesson out of personal encounters. If something crazy happened at the grocery store, tell me why I should care. What does it have to do with me?

Why do children like fables? They’re a fun little story. Why do parents like them? They teach a lesson.

Put something in it for everyone, and you can’t go wrong.

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May 25, 2007 by Andrew Flusche


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