It was definitely an interesting experience through this writing process. To go from someone who has been told to write complete full-length paragraphs to think of the way as a reporter. I could tell through the workshops that the majority of us thought as beginner reporters because we were writing in the way of a conversation instead of a reporter. I thought it was good that we workshopped each draft to help the writer look at what they needed to work on. Myself specifically I saw that I needed to shorten my paragraphs and include more quotes throughout the story instead of in one section smushed the whole way to the bottom. As we were workshopping I really looked back on how I wrote my story and basically threw it out and restarted. I wanted to make sure that I talked about the real main points that I wanted to really show. It took a little bit of time but I feel like I got the information that I wanted in the end. I hope that I fixed the beginner’s mistakes of a reporter and have a better flowing story that is less conversational and more direct. I found that when rewriting my article that it was nice to have too many quotes because then I could look through and decide which ones would best suit the story. That also did not hurt anyone’s reputation in the professional field. I think that if I could go back I would want to get more commuter and faculty to comment to have a little bit more of a diversity. But, that is just one thing that is difficult to do because you’re not exactly sure who is a commuter and lives on campus and the commuters are only here for a certain period of time throughout the day. Not to mention it may be difficult to get comments from professors due to class schedules.
“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” ― Mother Teresa
