Last post for a while....

I think that my writing skills have gotten better. This has been a tough class. I like writing, but writing for newspapers and magazines is very different than any other type of writing. So this has taken a bit to get used to. I enjoy writing on my blog daily. This has probably been one of the best parts of the class.

The blog has been place to vent, and reflect, and respond to things about the class, and writing and all of the processes that are involved.

AP style, what to say about that…I don’t know. It is unlike any other style of writing. Being undergrad, double majoring in biology, and art studio-photography emphasis, means that I have not had a lot of experience writing like this.

I have done many scientific papers, and analyzing artwork, and reflection type papers but that is a very different than, writing features. I think that is one of the major reasons that I have struggled with the class as much as I have. I can normally pick up on things pretty easily, but this has been a bit different.

I have also enjoyed interviewing people. I actually thought that this would be one of my least favorite things about the class, but I have really come to like it. Especially when the subject I am writing and interviewing about is of interest to me, I find it fun to talk to others and see how different people see things. But it is hard to turn those interesting interviews into a story!

I hope that my personality shines through into my writing. I find this a little ironic, considering that we are supposed to be a silent observer. How are we supposed to shine through the description of a story that we are only on the sidelines? That is a tricky balance.

I think the key to making my writing livelier is to write more descriptively. This is also very challenging. I think that writing with anecdotes, is the key to doing this.

I am a little sad that this will be my final blog post. I maintain a blog for our family, but I have been able to write thoughts and feelings, that I normally wouldn’t write, or voice out loud on our family blog. I guess that I just don’t want to seem too vulnerable to our friends and family.

This class has been a wonderful learning experience. I have really enjoyed it!