The Clutter of Profiling

       Clutter is the enemy to good profiling. Too often we obsess in trying to include every minute fact in our writing that it consequently becomes murky.  To counteract this predicament, give up your need for perfection. Here's one thing about perfectionist: they don't get anything done. Instead, focus on details.
       I realize from the reading on pgs. 204-06 of "Featured Writing" is that it is far more essential to concentrate on the details of the piece rather than the miscellaneous items. To help illustrate this idea: think of profiling as a safe. You wouldn't put every piece of useless junk you could find into a safe (I hope); therefore, don't do the same to profiling. I wouldn't. Then again, that is easier said than done. Ultimately, the mutual goal of the writer, as well as the viewer, is to better understand the subject at hand. Along this common ground, the writer's responsibility is to act as a bridge which connects the audience to the story.

All the best,
Phai