Because of the perspectives you selected, below are some optional questions to consider addressing to strengthen your letter to editor.

• What is your business?
• When and why did you start it?
• How many employees do you have?
• What lessons from being a small business owner shape why you care about this issue?
• How is your business, or you as a business owner, or you as a member of the community impacted by the issue you are writing about?
• How does your perspective of a business owner shape your feelings about this issue?
• Can you give a specific example about why this issue is important to you?

What branch of the military did you or your family member serve?

How long? What was your rank/position and what is the right way to refer to you now? Retired? Veteran?

Why did you decide to join the military? What influenced your decision?

What grade do you teach?

What do you teach?

What got you into teaching? What influenced your decision to start teaching? Why do you stay?

Where are you a student?

What are you studying?

When do you hope to graduate?

Do you have student loans?

What made you decide on your major? or if you aren't in college yet, what do you hope to be your major?

What drives your faith?

How long have you been a person of faith and what keeps you a person of faith?

How does your faith influence the issue you are writing about?

What church do you lead?

Why did you go into ministry?

What calls you to speak up on this issue, and why now?

What type of law enforcement or part of 1st responder are you?

How long have you been doing it?

What influenced your decision to become a 1st responder or local law enforcement?

How does your job as a first responder or local enforcement person influence your position on this issue?

What is your role in the medical profession?

How long have you been a medical professional?

What influenced your decision to become a medical professional?

How does your job as a medical professional influenced the issue you're writing about?

Can you give a specific example?

How old were you when you first started hunting/fishing?

What got you into it? What was it like when you first started?

How does your perspective of a sportsmen influence the issue you're writing about?

Can you give a specific example?

How long have you had a relationship with the issue you are writing about?

As a senior, how has this issue influenced you the most?

How does your perspective of a senior influence the issue you're writing about?

Can you give a specific example?

As a woman, how have you been influenced by this issue?

Can you give a specific example?

When did you know you wanted to come to America? What led you to that decision?

Can you give a specific example?