WEEK 10 BLOG FORUM TOPIC

Looking back to the response I gave on the Forum for Week One, my goals for this class were as follows: I want to be proficient in AP style, learn how to correctly prepare for interviews and stories, and know how to be concise.

If nothing else, I have improved on AP style writing. Before this class, I had not had much exposure to this style – using MLA for the most part. I have found it to be concise (another goal of mine) and have enjoyed learning it. I didn’t do too badly on the quizzes, and it came easily, so I’m assuming this is a good thing.

There were many tips in class on interview preparation, which were very helpful to me. I now know to write out the basic questions I have before an interview, but then really listen to their answers and pursue those. The ideas that they spout out are usually more helpful than the answers I plan to get.

I definitely learned how to be concise. It was actually difficult to switch from this point-by-point style, to the never-ending flow that some of my other classes required.

Although I didn't improve quite as much as I would have liked, I had every opportunity to do so, and I know more a hell of a lot more than I did before. Overall, I am happy with the tools I can take away from this course.