When you write without an emotional connection, it comes across like News.
Eighteen
people died when a train collided with a stalled bus on the tracks just outside
of Hong Kong this morning. The reported counts of injured passengers continue to rise. Last
report was over 100 and many of those are in critical condition with life threatening
injuries. Volunteers are searching the wreckage. Officials working on the scene
are handling this catastrophe with expertise, but have admitted they expect the
death toll to rise….
I am emotionally affected when I read stories like this
one, but not connected. First of all, I don’t know any of the
victims. That sounds cold, I agree, but we react stronger to
events when we personally know people who are involved.[i]I also don’t have any
names, and that is another detail we react to. People we are personally
concerned about, have names.[ii]