Reassess

In our second week entry of our Weekly Writes, we had to evaluate our current skills as a media writer. This time around, we have to evaluate and see how much we have changed and, hopefully, improved!

In my second week entry, I gave myself modest scores. Because I was sure there was still room for growth, I could not give myself a reason to evaluate myself with an uno! Now around after four grueling months and a semester’s worth of work done, I evaluate myself as having the same grades—more or less. Just a single semester’s worth of subjects won’t be able to change me drastically! But, at the very least, I’m sure I improved even if just by a little.

Now, I am sure I most improved in my skills as a media writer. Though I can’t quite quantify it, I improved a bit, but stayed at around the same grade level.
I would say I improved my skills in gathering data and organizing information the most. Plenty of revisions and drafts from my exercises contributed to polishing my skills!

As for my qualities as a media writer, the same case still applies. I don’t think I improved by a drastic margin. However, I’m sure I still improved—in small or large ways. By actually being a media writer, I was able to see the importance of these qualities and work on them!

And the greatest lesson I have learned so far is: Write Clearly and Effectively! I always thought that writing in a complex way was better. That if I would add fancy sounding words from the thesaurus, I would write better. However, that is not the case! I learned to write simply, get my point across immediately, and to write clearly.
To quote Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Easy reading is damn hard writing.”