It's 7:45 in the morning and I'm waiting for my Media Scriptwriting class to begin, so excuse me for not having a better title. Right now, I'm wondering why writing articles are so easy (well, most of the time) for me to write, but put me in a [shall we say...] Media Scriptwriting class and I write like an epileptic penguin, flopping around on the ice. Not sure exactly what that has to do with writing, but again, it's 7:45 in the morning.
So why is this? How come I can sit down and write a really good 500-word story in just an hour, but a 30-second radio spot takes me an entire afternoon to make, and it's average, at best.
Maybe because I've been writing articles for years, but radio commercials are a new practice. But at the same time, how different can they be? Isn't writing, in all its forms, simply writing.
If I thought so before this semester, I certainly do not now.
But my extreme mediocrity in this aspect of journalism will push me to work harder to do better. Because I want to. Because I have to. Really, I have no idea what I'm doing writing commercials for sewing shops and my best Christmas ever. And honestly, I have no desire to become a writer for TV and radio spots, even more so than before. However right here, right now, I have to start typing like it.
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