September 24, 2016
I hate writing.
That's what I once told my former news director. I know. The gall. You'd think a journalist would delight in the act of translating thoughts, dialogue and information into written word. Not me.
I only dislike writing because it's a never ending pursuit of perfection. Good writing rarely happens in the first draft. It's the eighth or ninth, and even then, a writer always finds something to improve.
However, I like having had written. And after gathering heaps of reporting material, organizing thoughts into an interesting, cohesive story line is often overwhelming for me. That's why I've decided to take creative nonfiction writing classes with UCLA's Extension certificate program.
I saved nearly every bit of reporting material over the last 10 years: raw audio interviews, ambient sounds, news articles, research documents, photos, etc. There's got to be a story within these archives that's worth revisiting with unlocked creativity.
My first class is Monday, September 26. I'll keep y'all posted on how it goes.
I hate writing.
That's what I once told my former news director. I know. The gall. You'd think a journalist would delight in the act of translating thoughts, dialogue and information into written word. Not me.
I only dislike writing because it's a never ending pursuit of perfection. Good writing rarely happens in the first draft. It's the eighth or ninth, and even then, a writer always finds something to improve.
However, I like having had written. And after gathering heaps of reporting material, organizing thoughts into an interesting, cohesive story line is often overwhelming for me. That's why I've decided to take creative nonfiction writing classes with UCLA's Extension certificate program.
I saved nearly every bit of reporting material over the last 10 years: raw audio interviews, ambient sounds, news articles, research documents, photos, etc. There's got to be a story within these archives that's worth revisiting with unlocked creativity.
My first class is Monday, September 26. I'll keep y'all posted on how it goes.
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