Remember the commercial that said "if you want to capture someone's attention, whisper?" In real life, eh, doubtful. Too many competing voices. Writing online? Definitely not. Say it loud and clear. Timid won't cut it. Go bold or go home.
I've written news since 2005 and I've been a regular for Yahoo! News since they started the program on Voices in 2010. I've written about a thousand news pieces, a lot about Detroit. And I assure you, readers like straight talk, especially op/ed. They love to gnaw on the carcass of scandal, to snarl over politics, to mud-wrestle in the moral quagmire. If You Want Bubblews Interaction, Rant on Inflammatory Topics