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Interviewing in person or on phone works very well!
Ben.
posted by
A-and-B
on July 20, 2005 at 7:24 PM
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It is different of course if it is a topic that you care passionately about
posted by
Azur
on July 13, 2005 at 7:47 PM
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It must be nice to be that organized in your writing.
posted by
WindTapper
on July 13, 2005 at 7:39 PM
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DarkkeThoughts, in this case I spoke to the leading people in the sector
posted by
Azur
on April 22, 2005 at 5:10 AM
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QuirkyAlone, it was 700 words. It took about one and a hours. I said one hour to push myself through
posted by
Azur
on April 22, 2005 at 5:09 AM
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You didn't say how many words it is, but an hour is pretty quick for the subject matter and what you described. I'm a little slower than that, it takes me about 2 hours to write a 700 word article.
posted by
Julia.
on April 21, 2005 at 10:58 PM
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Sounds like a good approach. Where do you find the people you interview, or how?
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on April 21, 2005 at 4:38 PM
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Tigerprincess, having people tell you something in their own words is what reporting is all about. That is what lifts something off the page
posted by
Azur
on April 21, 2005 at 12:41 PM
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Telynor, unfortunately I have to think when I write those articles. The only time I get to write when my brain is in neutral is when I am here. I think that may be the reason that in spite of being impossibly busy I still post blogs.
posted by
Azur
on April 21, 2005 at 12:39 PM
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JohnMcNab, it took slightly longer but at least that approach meant I got stuck right in. It is the only way. After all of hours I give away to grading I needed to make this pay
posted by
Azur
on April 21, 2005 at 12:36 PM
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MayB
A professional's spoken opinions, spoken from the heart, are much more interesting than quotes from an article. Congrats on finishing your widget article so quickly.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 21, 2005 at 11:49 AM
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I rather like your thoughts on this one; I tend to just let my brain go into neutral and just write, as those have turned out to be the more welcome entries and articles rather than anything I've spent a lot of time fussing over. RYN: I think it will be a transition too, this pope, while a great deal livier than JPII in the last few years, looks that he's just going to be a caretaker and not stir things up too much.
posted by
telynor
on April 20, 2005 at 9:16 PM
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That's clever about getting them to talk about what's in the articles so you don't have to read them. A lot of times people in the know are much better sources than anything written,
posted by
tigerprincess
on April 20, 2005 at 8:45 PM
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