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    The document provides tips for finding and expressing your unique voice when writing, including having a distinct opinion, sharing personal experiences, writing in the first person, explaining why the topic matters to readers, using conversational language and active voice, and providing insider information.

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    The document provides tips for finding and expressing your unique voice when writing, including having a distinct opinion, sharing personal experiences, writing in the first person, explaining why the topic matters to readers, using conversational language and active voice, and providing insider information.

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    Column Writing Tips

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    The document provides tips for finding and expressing your unique voice when writing, including having a distinct opinion, sharing personal experiences, writing in the first person, explaining why the topic matters to readers, using conversational language and active voice, and providing insider information.

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    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

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