How to write interesting articles that are close to reality?

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-15 07:49

How to write interesting articles that are close to reality?

The development of information technology and universal literacy lead to the fact that anyone and everyone, undoubtedly having the right to do so, begins to express their opinion on any issue.

Now even Uncle Vasya, well, the one who always asks you for a couple of rubles for a bottle of wine at the store, when he comes home he goes online and begins to teach: how to live; why the flight to Mars this year will not take place and where in the end did the maps of Tartaria go?

We are all like that Uncle Vasya - we write with or without reason. At the same time, do not forget to nod condescendingly towards those who are stupid and do not understand elementary things - the pyramids of Giza were built by Atlanteans who flew from Sirius on a submarine of ancient Indians who lived on the sunny coast of Antarctica. And we are ready to crush not unfounded, but relying on verified facts - referring to Uncle Vasya.

It so happened that the printed word for us is an indisputable authority - this stretches from the era when a book, in order to get on store shelves and the collapse of libraries, went through the strictest editing and required reviewing. And now in LJ you can write anything you like using links to the same LJ.

In order to make it easier to endure the attacks of the next subverter, I have adopted the rules that help to stay in a rut of sobriety and keep closer to reality. These rules allow you to leave a lot of unnecessary information overboard. Yes, after this the articles become dull - they lose the acuity of sensationalism and the areolas of wonder and originality fades, but I am not ashamed of the reliability (at least relative).

Be sure to draw up a plan.

Before writing another masterpiece, you need to think about how you are going to present the event or phenomenon of interest. It is important to clearly understand what and how you will be considering. You need to start by drawing up a detailed plan - first, sketch out as many main and related questions as possible, and then arrange them in the order in which you would like to consider.

2. Find sources

Before crumpling up the paradigms of the modern world and destroying the foundations of all scientific theories, determine the sources of information on which to rely in this unequal (for opponents) struggle.

You should take for consideration, including the opposite, even mutually exclusive theories, study them and only then draw conclusions.

Try that they are not presented by purely "ideological" sources. Let me explain - if you are considering vegetarianism, then you should not study only the vegan authors and their opponents of meat eaters. Take a few more neutral sources closer to what we call "official" science.

3. The basis is the reliability of the facts, not their sensationalism

Of course, writing about the nuclear conflict in the mid-19th century is really cool, but it's best to proceed from real facts that suggest that the level of technology development in those days did not allow the manufacture and use of such weapons (well, or at least there were no means of delivering nuclear warheads to goals).

4. Do not draw far-reaching conclusions from one single fact

I have just read an article in which the author, having looked at one single black-and-white pencil sketch by a foreign artist, depicting a church, concludes that at the beginning of the 19th century, the poles on planet Earth were reversed. The author's argument is impressive - since most likely, for a pencil sketch, the artist needs good lighting, he could do this only at noon. And if this is really so, then the shadows falling at noon suggest that the church stands with its altar not to the east, but to the west - since this cannot be, then, of course, the poles have reversed.

Do not repeat such mistakes, do not become primitive, do not try to fit facts and pull them by the ears just in order to refute everything that the modern world stands on.

5. Leave links, indicate sources

Since you are confident in yourself like no one else, do not hesitate to indicate the sources that were used to overthrow the recognized authorities. Don't worry, no one will double-check you, and a large list of sources will at least add credibility to you.

If you consider yourself a serious researcher and believe in the scientific nature and validity of your articles, then you should know that any person having studied the presented sources should come to the same conclusions as you. Or be as close to them as possible.

6. Read the rules

In order to write serious things, you need to know a lot of rules - spelling, writing articles, posting and promoting what has been written. You can believe in the revolutionary nature of your ideas, but you will have to formalize them in accordance with the currently accepted rules. When your ideas win, then the rules can be changed. Otherwise, they simply will not understand (well, or "they will not be accepted for publication").

7. The facts must be "scientific"

You know that now on the Internet there are a large number of crazy people who have the opportunity to lay out their fantasies and fears for everyone to see. You understand that what they have written is nonsense, simply because: "This cannot be, because this can never be."

The same "guys" were in the past, so the book of the traveler of the 15th century is not the ultimate truth and it is quite likely that it is a collection of personal impressions, and sometimes conjectures.

It should not be based on unfounded accusations or assumptions multiplied by guesses, but the results of research recognized in the scientific world of laboratories and institutes. If you are considering archaeological finds, then rely on analysis by specialists with specialized skills, appropriate training for excavation in accordance with scientifically accepted methods and norms.

It is desirable that the book or publication taken as a basis be written by a specialist recognized in this field with the appropriate specialized training.

Although I understand you: "The ark was built by an amateur, and the Titanic was lowered from the stocks by professionals."

8. Don't rush to shake the world

Most often, a person is taken to write an article or note under the impression of the information they have just received - they have read an interesting article, seen an entertaining video. Something caught on and I want to speak out in confirmation or refutation of the given data.

At this time, we are on an emotional upsurge, which gives us energy for active work, but no one canceled the influence exerted by the article that hooked us (the watched video) and it may so happen that not all of the expressed thoughts are ours.

Therefore, after writing an article, do not rush to share it, put it off for a few days and do other things. You will cool down and will be able to approach her on a "sober" head, so to speak. Do not worry that without your note, the exploration of the megaliths of mountain Shoria will stop and never resume.

9. Believe in what you are doing

Despite the importance of factual material and objectivity of research, as well as the necessary impartiality of approaches to research, you must believe in what you are doing.

It should be interesting and sincere.

10. Don't be boring

Write in interesting and lively language. Now there is just an ocean of information in the world, and despite the importance of the thoughts and ideas presented, a simple man in the street, who in the end is the final consumer of the results of your work, will go to the page to the one who wrote interestingly.