I knew that news writing would be hard. I
understood that it was a different style of writing. I had no idea that it
would take so much effort to switch from narrative style to inverted pyramid. I
find it especially difficult to prioritize my writing so that the most
important facts come first. The more I read news articles online, the more I
recognize the proficient writers versus the non-.
Because I recognize that I need a lot of work, I
think I see a remedy. First and foremost, I need to read more articles; skimming
is my enemy. Next, as I have learned with essays, the best way (for me) to
proofread is to print out the essay and formally go through it with a pen. For
some reason, the tangibility helps. Likewise with articles, I think the only
way for me to process my errors in the most efficient manner is to print them
out, rip them apart with highlighters and pens, and then fix them on the
computer. I've gotten stuck with good-writer syndrome; someone along the way
told me I was good at writing. I accidentally took it as permission to not try
as hard. Time to start over.
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