At the moment, I am working on a story or opinions piece on Toy Story 3. Next year, I need to write Editorials which must have tone and express the views of the editorial staff. In the past year, I didn't do to much writing with tone - I didn't do to much writing in general, I just edited piece after piece.
I realized that my basic questions were totally going to cut it to get some meat for this article.
Here are my first ones that I brainstormed before going to the movie:
1). Did you see the original?
2). Which do you like more? Why?
3). Do you see children's movies often? If not, why did you see this one?
4). Did you like the ending?
During the movie, I came up with these ones.
5). Do you feel that the movie is directed more to teens and young adults? If so, explain.
6). (As a babysitter..because I set up an interview with a college student who was baby sitting) Do yo prefer to take the kids to a movie that you have some kind of connection to, since it was popular during your childhood?
7). Did the movie appeal to you more since Andy(the kid in the movie) was getting older and moving away from home?
8). (If in college or in the process of going to college) Did you have to go through a similar process when you went off to college?
Personally, I am quick question asker - when I am in the zone and talking to someone I can come up with questions on the fly which tend to be more personal. This is because I take what their previous response was and tend to ask more questions about what they said.
At the moment, I am still in the interview process. After seeing the movie, I ended up writing a little opinions piece about the story and my perspective on it. I was able to incorporate my voice into it and that may end up being better since I'm not completely sure where these interviews will take me. I went through and dogeared a few pages in Strunk and White that helped me through it. Pages: 23
Omit needless words, 3-6
Commas. Possibly, if lay out permits and the opinions piece works - I can insert some of the quotes of teenagers and young adults at the bottom of the column.
In the office today I went through and edited / typed up a letter to the editor where I fixed some grammar [commas for long sentences]. Mostly with letters to the editor, (Ashley said) only fix glaring grammar issues. Also, I worked on formating and editing Obituaries - died, p.m., facts on services, grammar, etc.
More copy editing to come today.
Write back soon,
Sara
