Stylistically Speaking...
That's been the toughest transition for me so far this summer. The style minor league baseball teams write in is completely different than the style I've been taught, learned, and tried to hone since I was 15 years old. I've written things so publication on our website that I would have scolded writers for had they done it for an article at my university's newspaper.
So here I am, one of the more conversational newspaper writers you'll find, but even that is too stiff for the constant excitement and upbeat nature of PR sports writing.
Over the last week or so, I've been able to change my writing style (or at the very least what comes out on paper) to match more of what my supervisor is looking for. In the process, I've written things that fly in my current field, but made me literally cringe because of my background. One of my favorite examples and possibly my proudest moment so far is a recap of a game we played on Disney Theme Night, where I snuck in a dozen references to Disney movies in just 200 words.
That was fun.
Another quirk of the trade that I've been trying to pick up is the initial capitalization of words just because they're important, which has always made me think of a very specific, hilarious line in National Treasure that I couldn't find a YouTube video of. But possibly my favorite is the inexhaustible use of alliterations.
This is all very new to me, but I'm so excited to hopefully start nailing down another form of writing. I'm just glad I was able to take PR practicum last semester. I think I'm finally starting to understand what that class was all about.
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