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7 months ago
in Preah Vihear: My Trip To A War Zone, Part 1 on Everything Everywhere
Erm, we tend to visit the site and then write clearly and professionally, dropping out the opinionated first person in favour of a factual third person. I'm glad to hear you don't want to be a professional writer - without an understanding of even the basics, your chances are very slim. "Big difference" is an understatement ...
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Gary Arndt
You never pointed out any specific thing which I got wrong. What "basics" am I missing? It was a first person account of my visit. There are other forms of writing beyond writing for news services.
7 months ago
in Preah Vihear: My Trip To A War Zone, Part 1 on Everything Everywhere
If you think "about an hour" at the scene, and whining on about your "sore butt" is equivalent to journalism, it's clear you have little chance of getting that writer's job you so clearly crave. Try looking up the reports of the newspapers and wires - where the people who get paid because they write clearly and correctly - work. You should check your facts and do a little research about what journalism involves; it's a little more than self-congratulatory, poorly-informed first-person accounts that are frankly inspid and mediocre at best.
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Gary Arndt
I'm a blogger, not a journalist. Big difference. I do not have any desire to be a professional writer.
And how can a first person account be poorly informed if you are writing about your own observations and experiences? Why does someone at a desk hundreds or thousands of miles away and getting paid make it better?
And how can a first person account be poorly informed if you are writing about your own observations and experiences? Why does someone at a desk hundreds or thousands of miles away and getting paid make it better?
