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Whew. Well I went to my appointment with the Career/intern lady, and it was a great success. lol I was nervous about my resume and I brought it to the woman, she looked over it and asked if she could keep a copy of it for an example of great functional resumes (!) The only thing that really is bugging me is that she says I should wait before I turn in my applications. It probably is a good idea, my gpa went way down this past semester, and after this one it should be back to normal. I have a 3.4 right now....the lowest my gpa has ever been, basically. I just really have slacked off, and I know that. I need to get motivated again, and the possibility of these internships has really pushed me to recognize what I need to do. In a lot of ways I am confident that I would be a good asset to a publishing company, but in other instances I fear that I don't have the right experience. But then again trying to get into the book publishing industry is like a catch-22....You can't get a job in the industry without experience, but the only way to get experience is to have a job...in the industry. I'm just glad I feel like I know what I want to do.
I had a meeting with my journalism professor earlier this week about my writing during her class and about my future, incidentally. On all the articles that I have written I have received 95's. so my writing is not an issue at all, she prefaced the meeting with "I really don't even need to talk to you, your writing is solid." But she made a few minor corrections on a few things and then asked me what it is that I want to do. I told her that my initial goal was to work for a newspaper but as I've continued to study I've realized that newspaper writing does not emphasize my abilities at all. It is too limiting, too....boring? I know there are a wide variety of interesting topics to cover, ones that are extremely important, but at the same time to only be able to describe them in certain terms is frustrating. Anyway, I told her that and she said she had been meaning to talk to me about it, that she saw that I had excellent writing skills, but that it was obviously frustrating me because of the progression of my articles. My first articles were all my voice, my style, my word choice....and as we continued on in the class I just began to write how I never would, and I got amazing grades because of it. lol she said that I should definitely pursue something that has to do with writing, but something that is more creative. she says that she supports my attempts to write my book, and says that I'd probably have a promising chance as a freelance magazine writer, or my new path of choice--the book publishing deal....would probably be a good fit for me. I am so excited about this summer. I can't wait to turn in my resume/applications and get this whole thing started already.
I'd be spending my summer in NYC....all by myself. Pretty scary, but fun at the same time. Anyway, I'm going to go work on my resume some more. exciting.
I had a meeting with my journalism professor earlier this week about my writing during her class and about my future, incidentally. On all the articles that I have written I have received 95's. so my writing is not an issue at all, she prefaced the meeting with "I really don't even need to talk to you, your writing is solid." But she made a few minor corrections on a few things and then asked me what it is that I want to do. I told her that my initial goal was to work for a newspaper but as I've continued to study I've realized that newspaper writing does not emphasize my abilities at all. It is too limiting, too....boring? I know there are a wide variety of interesting topics to cover, ones that are extremely important, but at the same time to only be able to describe them in certain terms is frustrating. Anyway, I told her that and she said she had been meaning to talk to me about it, that she saw that I had excellent writing skills, but that it was obviously frustrating me because of the progression of my articles. My first articles were all my voice, my style, my word choice....and as we continued on in the class I just began to write how I never would, and I got amazing grades because of it. lol she said that I should definitely pursue something that has to do with writing, but something that is more creative. she says that she supports my attempts to write my book, and says that I'd probably have a promising chance as a freelance magazine writer, or my new path of choice--the book publishing deal....would probably be a good fit for me. I am so excited about this summer. I can't wait to turn in my resume/applications and get this whole thing started already.
I'd be spending my summer in NYC....all by myself. Pretty scary, but fun at the same time. Anyway, I'm going to go work on my resume some more. exciting.