Journal One

Sallie Mock
Night



Me llamo es Sallie. I'm a student in the Court Reporting program. This is my second quarter. As a writer, I would say I'm a rusty hack. I have a writing certificate in Journalism from the University of Cincinnati. At the time, UC did not offer a Journalism degree, so I majored in Communications with an emphasis on Journalism. I would have to say I am rusty because I only write when I have to. I do not keep a journal or diary on my own, nor do I do MySpace, Facebook, or whatever is the flavor of the month on the Interwebs.
What I don't like about writing is that it is not like math where you can turn in an assignment and get a 100% . There is no perfect in writing. It seems there is always something not quite right that you have to correct or do over so it can be frustrating at times. I had a very bad experience in college with a professor who pretty much turned me off to writing as a profession. However, I do and did enjoy copy editing. I did copy editing as an internship. There were no fulltime jobs though at the time, so that occupation sort of fell through the cracks.
My copy editing skills have since kind of dissipated and I would like to regain some of that skill. Apparently, I do okay in terms of narrative writing...we'll see. As for weaknesses, I was once threatened by a professor that he would shoot me if I wrote one more comma splice. Believe it not, I appreciated it. He was a very good teacher. That will be an area that still needs to be watched. Habits of a lifetime, you know.
A goal for this course would be to strengthen my writing skills in general. I do not have a real specific goal.