#ep article

900 words. It's really not that much, but it feels like it when the process of cranking them out is spread over 8 weeks.

The article is taking its final form. The story is consistent. Quotes in all the right places. Little nit-picked problems have been fixed. At this point, there's not terribly much to do beyond final editing and picking where to submit it.

So, I recently wrote up the first 700 words of my article. Hinda says it's well-written, but the focus is a bit too narrow. I need to widen it from solely the business to encompass customer opinions and the like.

A few days ago in class, we rewrote the introductions to our articles a few different times, and it made me realize that my original intro was just sort of flat and boring. Like a skeleton. It needed flesh.

My article is coming along fairly smoothly. The first 200 words are mostly without error. Just a few wording things I have to change up here and there. And I need to add a nutgraph.

But all in all, it's flowing smoothly, and I think it's going to come out pretty well.

Very cool guys. Really chill. Agreed to talk to me again if and when I need it. And they even gave me a couple tips on picking a new board for myself.

So, I have to keep a blog about my progress on an article I'll be working on all semester long for Newswriting II.

I'm writing about Enraged Panda Boarding Company, a local Rochester longboarding company started by students here at RIT.

I've got an interview with the heads of the company tonight, so that should be fun.