Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Education and Communications: [header] How to write an opinion piece [title] Be timely. [step] Your op-ed should discuss a topic that relates to current events, trends, or opinions of others. Timeliness is absolutely essential when it comes to submitting op-eds to newspapers.

Ending1: You want to be available and willing to listen and write an opinion whenever you have an opportunity. Good planning is also key if you want to publish op-eds in the future. Ending2: If you can appeal to past trends (which will not happen), for example, then make sure you're on deadline to submission on time. If you need to scale back the value of your sample paper or return a product or service that is become damaged by procrastination, then you may need to consider consulting professionals. Ending3: Don't let pessimism in your op-ed leave you feeling unenthusiastic. [substeps] It's important to get a signed opinion before you even start your work, so you can avoid the need to investigate your friend's opinion, too. Ending4: Newsroom editors are going to be much more interested in a piece that relates to an ongoing debate, or discusses an event that just happened, rather than a piece that focuses on something that happened a few months ago. [substeps] Scour the paper for compelling topics to respond to.

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