Writing and defending the affirmative plan can be a tricky enterprise, but it is just as important as choosing a good affirmative. There are some effective ways of disrupting key negative counterplan options though...

Add "certainty key" to the list of requirements when selecting your Affirmative case.

In this article, written for an upcoming edition of The Last Word published by The 3NR, I lay out the case for the importance of considering "certainty key" arguments and provide suggestions for how to go about writing them.

The discussion about judge choice has been pretty interesting. To consolidate and improve the dicussion, I've created a new thread with a summary of my main responses to critics. Full read within.

Also - the picture I've chosen for this post has nothing to do with its content -- I just think its pretty sweet.