I spent much of this week going through the success stories that I already edited and condensing them down to about two paragraphs each. I also typed out and organized the many points that I got from interviewing Chief Keesee and one of her interns about the internship program they have at the Denver Police Department (DPD). This, along with the brainstorming of the ride along that I did, helped me begin the article about the DPD internship. Slowly but surely, it’s coming along.
The article-writing process is a grand mixture of the tedium, the tiresome, and the exciting. I haven’t written an article since high school (and those were mostly creative bits), so I’m getting back to the process and learning new techniques to make the articles come alive. I find myself mixing statistics, emotions, quotes and personal experience into the blender of my mind and trying to come out with something. Sometimes it’s too chunky and sometimes it’s too smooth, but I’m hoping with the right combination, a toothsome cup of article fun will come out of it.
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