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dEar tOngue-tIed, When you write about something you care about deeply the result tends toward both clarity and passion. Practice helps too, since writing is definitely a craft. The great author George Bernard Shaw had 2 things to say on that score; "I write when the spirit moves me, and it moves.me every day." "The hardest thing about writing is applying the seat of the pants to the chair." Re-reading what you've written, editing your first-draft thoughts into tighter and more concisely exacting packages of what you want to express helps a lot. So does losing the things you wrote "just for you" instead of the reader's edification. These are reliable techniques toward genuine wrting, hence being seen as both articulate and sincere! Good luck. Don't be intimidated by how others write and seek your own voice. Sooner than later your own articulations will be seen as such by others. Oh yeah, two more things; paragrapss are important and should contain a group of related thoughts or rhetorically connected point of view. One long page of single-sentence paragraphs wiil make you look like a scatter-brained wanna-be seeking attention far more than intelligent and genuine discourse. Too many links to others' content also dilutes your message. It tends to make if rather clear your own capacity for original thought is both highly limited and likely to be beyond your intellectual reach. lvoe, tj |