Write an article of around 500 words about an experience in your life that changed your perspective in some way.
- It could be you learnt something new that changed your attitude, or maybe your view of someone... maybe someone surprised or even disappointed you? That's not an exhaustive list: anything that changed your mind or perspective or broadened your horizons fits into this exercise.
- Keep it factual (though you may change names if you wish).
Writing facts doesn't mean you have to change your style: it can retain some features of narrative story-telling if that's what you want. However, if you want to write the article in the style of a newspaper story, in the third person, then please do. It's entirely up to you!
- Remember to write what happened, what you thought about it, why it sticks in your mind and how it changed you, your perspective or views, and even how that's affected you in the long-term (what you've learned from it - about yourself, life, people, or even what the moral of the story is...)
When critiquing
It changed me: subject matter criticism
It's hard to critique without some framework.. so think carefully about the aim of this piece.
The aim is to inform the reader about an experience that changed them, their life or a small part of their mindset in some way.
Do you get that from the piece? How did it change the writer? What effect did the change have? Is there a moral to the story?
Style analysis
- How does the writer convey the change and how it affected them? Does the style fit the topic? If not, what do you think might work better? How about the language? What phrases and sentences do you like? Why? Which ones don't work? How do you think they could be improved?
Nit-picking
- Have they stuck to the word count? If not, what should they remove? Any punctuation or spelling nits? If so, don't be afraid to point them out too.
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