Writing is an art, not a science~John P. Lopez
I attended a journalism convention last fall and during a seminar John P. Lopez gave us this advice. I hope somebody else finds it to be helpful:
-Write what you know, then go back
-Don’t write what you think you should say or what people want to hear
-Write what you think, feel, know
-Don’t destroy papers
-FIX IT
-Draw the picture
-Make the reader feel the passion
-Erase the what
-Where, when, why how
-Picture, passion, unique