Posts Tagged ‘managing writing’

So far in the series of 7 sins, we have covered lust, gluttony, greed and sloth. The next in line is wrath - an uncontrolled feeling of anger or rage. When you combine this with the ease to publish content to the web, it can be very dangerous.

So what is the solution?

Don’t write when you are angry.

Wrong.

The solution is managed wrath.

Huh? What do I mean?

I mean that if you allow the wrath to control you, you can end up like…

…the woman who takes to her facebook page to complain about her boss and forgets he is a friend on Facebook?

…Or, tweeting about a job that you just got, and losing it almost immediately because of complaining about it like a new hire from Cisco did!

…Or tweeting about how much you can’t stand the town you were just in for an extremely important meeting like a Ketchum Exec did to FedEx and Memphis, TN.

…And there is always that blogger who goes a little crazy without sleep and a with new baby (and apparently a really bad Maytag washer).

But, if you can manage your wrath and filter it into something productive, you can wind up with incredible articles and stories like…

…when a health care company completely failed at its job, reported by Steve Woodruff

…then there’s Karen’s story about Steak and Shake denying a her service because she is deaf.

…and we all remember what happened when United broke a guys guitar.

These were all successfully put together and executed properly because they managed the wrath! That is the key. Writing sometimes needs a little anger and frustration, but only if it can be managed.

Have you seen an example of wrath that was either managed or mismanaged? Share it here!