These past two weeks at my internship, I have really been experiencing the writer's end of editing. In this journal, my focus will be about my own writing and the progress and experience that I have gained. We started off the week, by doing a business lunch at Beasely's Books and Eccentricities in Charles Town, WV. The atmosphere of Beasely's is the perfect place to come together and brainstorm as writers. The walls are lined with libraries of novels and have little reading nooks tucked in quiet corners for the ultimate curl-up spot. My supervisors and I found a great location inside to meet over a small meal. It was definitely a high-light of my week. We set up our laptops and had an editing session. We also began start analyzing and monitoring the progress on my novel.
Though I do not want to write or be an author, I have such a greater appreciation and understanding of the different types of writing styles. I've realized in these past short weeks that you have to have such an open mind for a writing style that is different than you might expect. Proper editing does not change or alter someone's writing style, but it's a balance of finding and interpreting the writing style and seeing how it affects a certain audience. When you are writing, you have to keep in mind your audience and you have to be aware of everything you're writing. As I've seen, that editing is extremely useful for those ideas that don't quite make it outside of your head. Writing helps you recognize the way authors write, and as editors you know how to improve on any writing style. So far, I have completed my first chapter and am in progress of my second chapter. (of ten chapters)
Web design and the basics of E-publishing also played a role in my activities for the past two weeks. Uploading manuscripts for E-publishing actually requires some knowledge in web design because websites such as Amazon and Nook require some form of HTML coding.
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