In Steve Salerno's article, Welcome to the real world: 1o things college writing classes writing classes don't teach you about writing life, lists the top ten aspects of writing that new graduates are not prepared for. This is not due to their lack of experience, yet the lack of knowledge they receive while pursuing his or her higher education. Many professors have a set style of writing and that is what they expect of their students. Little do these professors know that this is not what is expected of a writer. These professors are most likely unaware simply because they have never been in another field besides teaching. This is hurting students left and right, and making it more difficult for them to find a job because employers do not think that these students can write.
Of the top ten things that are not taught to us students in the time we spend in college, I would have to say that number six- editors will faithfully read your manuscript-- until the moment you lose their interest, is what scares me most on the list. There are so many question that run through my mind, a few being How do I know if I am interesting enough? What exactly is the editor looking for? What if I think my piece is perfect, and the editor hates it? These questions go on and on. I personally think it is very difficult to please everyone. You are always going to have someone, if not multiple people, will hate and disagree with what you have to say. That's just life. The only thing that you can hope is that the person who is interested in what you have to say, is the editor. There has to be some person in the world that has to is interested, the task is just to find that person. It will take multiple tries, but hopefully, it will be worth it.
I do not really know what to think about my personal writing future. I know that my goal is to become a teacher, and I always enjoyed and felt like I succeeded at writing, so I chose Writing Arts as my dual major. Teaching jobs are hard to come by, especially in today's world, so I am curious as to what my writing arts degree will give me. I honestly am not too certain of what kind of jobs pertain to writing. There are the obvious journalists and writing screen plays, but I do not necessarily think that these careers interest me as much as teaching interests me. I hope over the next five weeks, I come across a job that can be my second option and I see it as exciting as I see educating tda