Old vs. young for your blog
Looking for a new angle on a classic investment or financial topic? Try the following suggestion from Ray Peter Clark’s Help! for Writers:
Interview the oldest person you know, and the youngest.
I can imagine a nonagenarian and a child would have very different perspectives about topics such as “Why save money?” or “What should you spend money on?”
You might use your interview results in different ways.
- Select quotes to enliven your article.
- Use a quote or opinion as your article’s starting point.
- Tell your interviewee’s story to make a point.
- Generalize about the wisdom of youth or old age.
- Compare and contrast the positions of young and old.
- Point out the weaknesses in an opinion
Have you tried this?
If you’ve used this technique, I’d like to learn about your success with it. Please comment.
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I plan to do this after Thanksgiving dinner. My relatives range in age from 12 to 87. This is a fantastic idea.
Lisa, what a great idea to take advantage of your family’s Thanksgiving gathering! That hadn’t occurred to me.