You're dead on about the waffling. You could say that I'm getting ready for my future in politics ;).
In my writing, I tend to be ambiguous because I want people to be in the mindset "Why does he think that?" rather than "HOW IN THE HELL CAN HE WRITE THAT?!?"
As many people have noted, my articles are better suited for the news section of an actual newspaper or magazine. But the news section of my college newspaper tends to cover whatever events are going on campus and therefore doesn't deal with national issues like the election. So, unlike a real newspaper, my college newspaper puts in articles like mine in the opinion section. Articles designed to make us think (more of a news type article) are put in the same section as articles designed to make us feel (more of an opinion article).
So, I'm stuck with writing "opinion" articles. Perhaps I should refer to them as news articles put in the opinion section.
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Date: 2004-11-04 12:13 pm (UTC)In my writing, I tend to be ambiguous because I want people to be in the mindset "Why does he think that?" rather than "HOW IN THE HELL CAN HE WRITE THAT?!?"
As many people have noted, my articles are better suited for the news section of an actual newspaper or magazine. But the news section of my college newspaper tends to cover whatever events are going on campus and therefore doesn't deal with national issues like the election. So, unlike a real newspaper, my college newspaper puts in articles like mine in the opinion section. Articles designed to make us think (more of a news type article) are put in the same section as articles designed to make us feel (more of an opinion article).
So, I'm stuck with writing "opinion" articles. Perhaps I should refer to them as news articles put in the opinion section.