Journalism 101/201 (Wednesday, March 29 - 5th period)

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Rita said, looking a bit irritable. There was a faint 'D (Dreadful)' scrawled across her face in red. "You were all told to pick a writing style you like. What did you choose? Who are you choosing to model your writing after? And so on. Share."

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I like a pretty spare writing style," Anakin said. "Not a lot of embellishments or extraneous words." He made a face, thinking back to his time in the Jedi Archives over winter break. "Say what needs to be said as quickly and concisely as possible. Don't take ten pages to explain something that could be covered in a paragraph."

He thought to the books he had seen in Rory's room. "More Steinbeck, less Hemingway," he tried, thinking that explaining it in terms of writers from his home galaxy wouldn't help anyone at all.

Re: Share!

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

"Haven't the faintest idea what a Steinback or Hemmyway is," Rita said. "But that's a good policy. In journalistic writing, we try to cut back on the flowery language. There's a cap put on word count for most articles, since it does have to actually fit in a small space. Good work, Mr. Skywalker."

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin gave Professor Skeeter a faint smile. "Thank you, Professor."