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Any Advice Welcome
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff "Switch" Sorensen Mar 28.
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The single best piece of advice anybody ever gave me was at my community college newspaper:
"Don't ever sell yourself short. It doesn't matter how big or small your outlet is, if you work for it, you'll get the story, and editors will recognize you…
Hi Troy,
I'd just to mention that with most of you points I totally agree with, and are things myself and Simon will be looking to address on the new site. While we've been striving for a more professional outlook on CGN there's only so much we can…
"Obviously as a novice I am heavily reliant on news snippets and the web as my sources as I don't have the direct access or contacts a more seasoned pro may enjoy."
Yep, this is what makes previews so tough for small websites. How do you distinguis…
Thanks very much for the input, I have taken on board your points Troy and think they will be really helpful in future. I am disappointed with the spelling mistakes, schoolboy error really.
Obviously as a novice I am heavily reliant on news snippet…
Thanks for speaking up, Simon. I'm all for personalization and opinionated writing - too many sites are bland and generic, and Phil's joy for the material shines through.
I do think that speculation should be kept to a minimum, though, without some…
To be fair to Phil, I asked him to write in that way. The reason for this is that the reader of his articles don't want to read the same as they would get in your average magazine, if they did they would buy a magazine. You are however right in your…
Philip:
Some small bits of advice, keeping in mind that none of us is perfect and that I find previews very difficult to write well; there is little firm information and you are usually working with a feature list. For the most part your work is fi…
I find it really hard to dissect other people's work, hence why I have sidestepped similar posts on this site, but I did just want to mention that I think you do well in conveying your enthusiasm for the game in your work whist still retaining an ai…
I was hoping a few of you more seasoned writers could have a look at my stuff and give me some advixce on developing my style and improving what i do.
This is my most recent 2
Thanks in advance
HI Paige.
Just to mirror some of the comments above really. The biggest compliment I can give is to say that you cannot tell your age from your writing. I may have to come to you for some advice myself ;-)
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- Having been a chef for a long time I found myself needing a change of career about 2 years ago and looked at what were my biggest passions - Football and Video games. I was never quite good enough at football (and am now too old!) so Video Games took over.
I now work on an IT Helpdesk by day and write regular gaming articles for a community website CGN under my pseudonym ubeep. I love writing so much that I and am hopeful to expand on my experience to the point that some day I may receive a small fee for my efforts.
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