In other words, inform and persuade with your arguments. Do not be afraid to affirm a belief or perspective you already have in common with the readers, but be assertive about the validity of your point of view. Summarize by restating your main argument. Relate this to potential benefits to children, families, society or solutions to a common problem. Letters that come in within 2 days of an article or editorial are more likely to be published.
Editors like it because they transfer the text directly into their format for publication.
Make a commitment to write at least one letter every 30 days. Most papers have a policy of not publishing a single writer more often than once a month. Realize that even if you don t get published at first, it is important for the editor of the opinion page to recognize your name. Also, the more letters they receive on a given topic, the more importance it takes on for them to cover it fairly and accurately and to publish letters on the subject. Remember that most letters are limited to 200 words.