At the end of my advanced news and feature writing class--and the end of my college career--I find that I've learned a lot. There are some things with which I feel very comfortable. With others, not as much.
By making a plan for each story I wrote, I found how much easier it was to write when I had all of my sources and knew what my focus would be. Then, after doing my interviews and research, I found that I liked to type up all of my notes and make an outline from that. I've never been one for too much structure, but this method made it so easy to write good stories.
I would have liked more emphasis on interview style. I'm basically an awkward human being and feel really goofy when I conduct interviews. It would have been nice to have some more pointers on that. But I guess that's something that will come with practice.
I feel like I can write well, in part because of my time here. No matter what I do in life, that is an incredibly valuable skill to possess. I will continue to build on the foundation laid at UNC.
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