My Journey as a Writer

With the completion of my online feature writing course I believe I have grown in many ways as a writer. I know it’s only been three weeks, but I have indulged in different writing styles and have written different types of articles that I have not done prior to this course. Writing personality, follow-up, and how-to articles have been a blast! I really found much use in the 2011 edition of Writer’s Market which I wasn’t aware even existed. Everything about feature writing excited me to the fullest because knowledge is power and I’m a writer so I should know these thingsJ

 Writing will continue to be the epitome of me. I love the ability it provides you to express yourself. Through words a form of expression is accomplished that doesn’t entail being verbal. I’m best at expressing myself through words, which aligns with my love for writing perfectly. Although writing is something I enjoy doing there is still so much more I need to learn and grown upon.

 My last semester of undergrad will help to add unto my writing skills. Not only will my last semester consume of expanding upon my knowledge of writing, but so will this be done for the rest of my life. For as long as I possess a love for writing do I hope to expand upon this knowledge and learn all that I possibly can so I will be able to apply it to different aspects of my life. Writing is fun it allows you do so many different things. Writing can also be difficult especially when you’re overcome by things such as writer’s block, but even then there’s always a solution to coming up on top. When writing is a desire embedded in your heart nothing will stop you from learning all that you can to improve upon your skill.

The Journalist at Work

When I was younger my mother would always tell me that I was born to a writer. I didn’t quite gasp what she meant by this until I reached my sophomore year of college. I found myself indulging in campus involvements that allowed me to express my writing desires and enrolling in courses which allowed me to do the same. I asked my mother not too long ago how she knew I would grow such a bond with writing. She told me since she could remember I’ve always loved to write. I would always go beyond what was asked of me when it came to writing essays or papers. When I discovered I possessed this love for writing it allowed me to express a side of me I didn’t even realize existed. I found myself excited about writing poetry and screenplays. Writing truly allows one to express themselves in ways unimaginable. Words are very powerful and when they’re expressed on paper I believe they’re even more powerful. Writing allows me to express myself in a way that I may not be able to express verbally. Through my online course of feature writing I hope to obtain all the knowledge I possibly can and apply it to future encounters with writing. Our most recent assignment is to complete a personality profile on any individual outside of our normal frame of reference. I’ve conducted interviews and written articles for both the Royal Purple and Marketing and Media Relations so the interviews I’ve had with my interviewee came with ease. It actually excites me to learn about the accomplishments and successes of other individuals. I’ve come up with ideas to develop personality profile by looking at examples provided to get a better idea of what direction to go in. Overall I hope to do well in this feature writing course. Balancing work, an online course, graduate school applications and being on the job search can all be very overwhelming. Nonetheless I’m confident I will come on top as usual because after all it’s all about how you manage the time you are given.