A writer is born
Being a writer needs talent and it needs skills. One does not become a writer overnight.
With my experience, I get to be baptized and immerged in a writing workshop to become one. First, it started with the university I am connected, Visayas State University (VSU) is chosen as one of the universities to coordinate with the iSchools project under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology.
Last year, I attended an 1-week online writing workshop in Pampanga. It was quite an experience. I get to eat and work at the same time just so I can beat the deadline. Each day, I had to submit my work as an output for the day’s lecture, workshop and activities. It was tiresome, but very fruitful nevertheless. I get to learn to how to write for news features and also how to select a good photo and put an eye-catching caption.
Learning does not just stop there. I have to update an blog so as to practice what I learned. Recently, during the 1st week of February, I attended another training workshop in Argao. It is a follow up on the online writing I had in Pampanga. This time, it included techniques on:
1. how to take photos, good photos;
2. how to do interviews
3. how to edit videos and audio outputs
The training was more on application rather than on theory. The first training was a “nosebleeding” experience, then, the advance training was a “blood-draining” experience. But what can I say? It was all worth it, learning the hard way. It was pure work and yet, I loved it. I get to be a writer, a news editor and a documentation newbie.
For now, I might not be that good yet, but who knows, I will become someday. It is just a matter of: constant correct practice makes it perfect.
(photo taken on Feb.5,'09 in Calumpang, Argao during the Advance Online Writing Techniques Training Workshop)
Being a writer needs talent and it needs skills. One does not become a writer overnight.
With my experience, I get to be baptized and immerged in a writing workshop to become one. First, it started with the university I am connected, Visayas State University (VSU) is chosen as one of the universities to coordinate with the iSchools project under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology.
Last year, I attended an 1-week online writing workshop in Pampanga. It was quite an experience. I get to eat and work at the same time just so I can beat the deadline. Each day, I had to submit my work as an output for the day’s lecture, workshop and activities. It was tiresome, but very fruitful nevertheless. I get to learn to how to write for news features and also how to select a good photo and put an eye-catching caption.
Learning does not just stop there. I have to update an blog so as to practice what I learned. Recently, during the 1st week of February, I attended another training workshop in Argao. It is a follow up on the online writing I had in Pampanga. This time, it included techniques on:
1. how to take photos, good photos;
2. how to do interviews
3. how to edit videos and audio outputs
The training was more on application rather than on theory. The first training was a “nosebleeding” experience, then, the advance training was a “blood-draining” experience. But what can I say? It was all worth it, learning the hard way. It was pure work and yet, I loved it. I get to be a writer, a news editor and a documentation newbie.
For now, I might not be that good yet, but who knows, I will become someday. It is just a matter of: constant correct practice makes it perfect.
(photo taken on Feb.5,'09 in Calumpang, Argao during the Advance Online Writing Techniques Training Workshop)
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