Karlo’s entry: #3 Slice

Karlo’s entry
#3 Slice
20 April 2005


Eight hours spent on a seven-paragraph feature isn’t bad. Or, is it?

All day long, that is from the time I opened my eyes and felt the soft touch of sunshine on my face till the time when the sun neared its death (and tomorrow it shall rise again), the only thing I did was write, polish, re-write and re-polish an article based on the interview I had with Sir Jowel. As a part of my training, or maybe because my mentor got tired of my many questions on the story I am to produce, Sir Villy tasked me to make a seven-paragraph profile of Sir Jowel. And that’s just what I did, drastically.

This is one of my problems in writing. Besides missing the service of a PC, I have a hard time making an article in a jiffy, especially when my mood doesn’t cooperate. It’s not that I am not exposed to writing (also reading), but…I don’t know. It’s just the way it is. And in this case, maybe I’m just pressured/intimidated with the articles I’ve read that the consortium published. I have to admit that the articles of OFWJC are really impressive; the rigid researches, remarkable leads and above all, the length of the articles. Repeat, and above all, the length of the articles. Making lengthy articles is not really my forte. Thanks to poetry (i.e. haikus), brevity really influences my writing. That explains the very first sentence of this entry.

Actually, right now, my mood is starting to swing to a direction that would pave way for me to lift up my pen and rest it for a while. It’s a good thing that I have shared what I did this day that concerns my OJT.

I just hope Sir Villy shows appreciation, even a little, towards my work.