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What’s Your Motivation?
“It’s just like playing in the world’s biggest sandbox.”
“It is a bond that links the generations together.”
“You get to be a part of history and the future.”
What are these people talking about?
They’ve written one sentence to explain why they do something. Can you guess what it is? (more…)
How to Convince an Audience: Opinion versus Persuasion
You may be very good at expressing your opinions, especially when you want to change someone’s mind.
What you may not know is that if you truly want to change someone’s mind, you have to stop thinking about your opinion and start thinking about your audience.
This tutorial, with a free infographic to download, will show you very clearly the difference between writing an opinion and writing to persuade an audience.
Opinion versus Persuasion
Writing or expressing an opinion is all about what you like; convincing another person to do something is all about what they need to hear to be persuaded.
Here’s an infographic that shows the difference between writing an opinion and writing to persuade. After the infographic, I’ve included a short writing exercise you can do quickly. My writing class just did it, and they had fun sharing their ideas about alligators, snow leopards, snakes, and so forth. (more…)
Drones: Helpful Tools or Accidents Waiting to Happen?
The Bad News
A drone being flown by remote control by an amateur crashed into a skyscraper in Manhattan, reeled to the sidewalk below, and struck a man.
Worried tourists atop the Seattle Space Needle called police when a drone buzzed the Needle and then returned to a nearby hotel.
This article reports that a groom was hit with a flying UAV at his wedding, and one crashed into spectators at a sporting event.
Motherboard.com reports that the DJI Phantom, the most popular commercially available drone, is a (more…)
Family Writing Prompt: Is it Okay to Take Your Life When You’re Already Dying?
Perhaps you’ve heard about young Brittany Maynard. She was 29, pretty, vivacious, married, a former teacher, and terminally ill with a very large cancerous brain tumor.
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