Writing Tough Material? Five Tools to Create a Stand-Out "Container"

Few writers I know enjoy writing "tough" material: especially when it's either dry as dust or a slap of heavy emotion. How to package such material in a way that pulls a reader in and keeps the writing from constant trauma requires skill. 

Easiest way I know? Provide a stand-out "container" for that scene.

I came across this same advice in nonfiction writ…