Finding Your Voice
A very important fact in this article has got me thinking about something my high school freshman Humanities teacher once lectured. He told us that we don't experience relationships with a person the same way someone else experiences a relationship with the same person. So in turn, our experiences of the person are different, resulting in changes in conversation, memories, or new boundaries of the relationship.
For example, my friend Garrett and I have been friends since seventh grade. We were never really close, the type of friend that you are only friends with because your other friends are friends with him. My best friend Vicky, however, dated him (or whatever you call a relationship between seventh graders). Although they had broken up by the time we were freshmen in high school, Vicky and I both experienced Garrett differently. We were all still friends, but Vicky had experienced a personal relationship that I never got to uncover.
This also appeals to writing. When I write about something, I always assume the audience will know exactly what I mean or the subject in which I'm writing. Usually when it is only being read by my peers can I count on this notion.
I have always had this problem. English teachers in high school would constantly tell me to elaborate on what I was writing so I could eloquently get my point across. Becoming a journalist is going to make me need to change the way I think the audience can understand my writing. I realize I will need to use more detail and become more in depth with my writing to get various peoples to understand my work.
So here is my mission: To find my voice.
