Comments on: How to Write About Plights Without Falling Prey to “Plight Syndrome” http://matadorchange.com/how-to-write-about-plights-without-falling-prey-to-plight-syndrome Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:09:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carlo http://matadorchange.com/how-to-write-about-plights-without-falling-prey-to-plight-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3956 Carlo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:38:29 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=756#comment-3956 Well said Julie, I hate when writers use an event like the Holocaust or wars they probably have no idea about as metaphors. It's a quick turn off. Well said Julie, I hate when writers use an event like the Holocaust or wars they probably have no idea about as metaphors. It’s a quick turn off.

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]]> By: Shreya http://matadorchange.com/how-to-write-about-plights-without-falling-prey-to-plight-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3604 Shreya Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:29:28 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=756#comment-3604 Thanks Julie, I've often been guilty of this, and end up discarding a story worth telling and something I feel so passionately about...great advice Thanks Julie, I’ve often been guilty of this, and end up discarding a story worth telling and something I feel so passionately about…great advice

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]]> By: Jacob B. http://matadorchange.com/how-to-write-about-plights-without-falling-prey-to-plight-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3516 Jacob B. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:26:54 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=756#comment-3516 I'd toss in: make sure you cite the name of the entity(ies)/issues/victims in question properly. I just saw a Reuters article that talked about "The Marines" having once been given the assignment of clearing up in Al Anbar and now "The Marines" are going to do the same in the Helmand province of Afghanistan...as if there is only one "Group" of marines that can only do one thing at a time. (weren't there a few in Guantanamo? Japan? Korea? Maybe some are even in training here in the states...). This guy was the f(#king bureau chief--I imagine he has a little more access to unit/battalion/regiment names. But considering the "marines" were going to "the valley of death", the article was given more of a "plight" factor by being non-specific. "Special forces" often get mixed with "special operations", "militia" and "thugs" are often a broad labels interchanged for a properly (albeit small) organized force. I once wrote that our local buildings were not going to see tax revenue until "...the tip was paid off" after a phone interview, suggesting that the local government was all but bribing developers to build in town. My editor, thank God, caught it. The TIF (Tax Increment Funding) was what was being paid off; a perfectly legal loan tactic. I’d toss in: make sure you cite the name of the entity(ies)/issues/victims in question properly. I just saw a Reuters article that talked about “The Marines” having once been given the assignment of clearing up in Al Anbar and now “The Marines” are going to do the same in the Helmand province of Afghanistan…as if there is only one “Group” of marines that can only do one thing at a time. (weren’t there a few in Guantanamo? Japan? Korea? Maybe some are even in training here in the states…). This guy was the f(#king bureau chief–I imagine he has a little more access to unit/battalion/regiment names. But considering the “marines” were going to “the valley of death”, the article was given more of a “plight” factor by being non-specific.

“Special forces” often get mixed with “special operations”, “militia” and “thugs” are often a broad labels interchanged for a properly (albeit small) organized force. I once wrote that our local buildings were not going to see tax revenue until “…the tip was paid off” after a phone interview, suggesting that the local government was all but bribing developers to build in town. My editor, thank God, caught it. The TIF (Tax Increment Funding) was what was being paid off; a perfectly legal loan tactic.

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorchange.com/how-to-write-about-plights-without-falling-prey-to-plight-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3515 Tim Patterson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:09:46 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=756#comment-3515 Excellent advice. Thanks Julie. Excellent advice. Thanks Julie.

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