Monday, August 10, 2009
Asking questions
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Phrases like "calm down" and "what the heck" rarely accomplish much and are nowhere near as good as asking questions that get the reader / questionee to ask his/her own questions. To that end I refer you to:
--CGHill (a/k/a Dustbury) here on various recent events, and
--John Galt here on the healthcare debate (for want of a better word).
These are admirable pieces of writing to me. When I write questions, no matter how carefully I think I have crafted them, evidently they often sound as if I have an answer in mind and that particularly distresses me when I really do not. The actual problem I know I have, however, is that no sooner do I pose or even write a question, I hear a rebuttal or a follow-up question or a comment or an argument in my head, and from there on I almost certainly pose phrases with those in mind. Which makes it hard to write about subjects with many nuances and sides and shadings.
--CGHill (a/k/a Dustbury) here on various recent events, and
--John Galt here on the healthcare debate (for want of a better word).
These are admirable pieces of writing to me. When I write questions, no matter how carefully I think I have crafted them, evidently they often sound as if I have an answer in mind and that particularly distresses me when I really do not. The actual problem I know I have, however, is that no sooner do I pose or even write a question, I hear a rebuttal or a follow-up question or a comment or an argument in my head, and from there on I almost certainly pose phrases with those in mind. Which makes it hard to write about subjects with many nuances and sides and shadings.
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