I was miserable. I was starting to realize maybe this job just is not for me. After coming close to quitting multiple times I stuck it out hoping that in three years maybe it will get better.
My dream is to become a sports journalist and my first step toward that goal was to write for the UMBC student newspaper. I wrote on my high school newspaper but it was more of a quarterly flier than anything. Weekly dead lines, 700 word counts, interviews, it was all so new to me. But I wanted to at least give it a shot.
When I went to my first meeting there was already an issue out, meaning I was just there to take what ever assignment was left. I wanted to write men’s soccer because I’ve known the coach my entire life, but that wasn’t an option. Women’s soccer was all that was left. While I almost walked out, I took it anyway. That is where I was second guessing my dream. They were not fun to watch, I had to write about a game that nothing happened in, and had to talk to people who just did not want to talk.
But after sticking it out things took a turn up. I covered two championship teams, and a team that had their best season in 10 years. I was promoted to head sports writer, received a significant pay raise, and got a lot of experience writing.
It turned out the sports writing gig isn’t so bad and it may work out.
The point: Your dreams aren’t just achieved, you have to work toward them.
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You could reduce the word count to about 300 words. Fuse paragraph 2 and 3 together and leave only the main ideas in them. Try using the word I less to start a sentence.elaberate on your experiences with the championship team how they other came their woes. Other than the above it is a great story.
ReplyDeleteMuch better, I enjoyed it! Just that in the first paragraph maybe you can tell us all why you were miserable and wanted to quit.And maybe take a couple of ideas from paragragh 2 and 3 and put in paragraph 1, or like Johnny said, put 2 and three together
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