Blog 2

For 13 years, I have been taught to write papers a certain way. The concept of brevity was never introduced to me and I was often encouraged to expand information, making my papers longer. Writing for the mass media introduces a completely different concept of desired paper length. I've learned that less is considerably more when writing for media purposes. Using as few words as possible is a goal for this particular writing style. Because I tend to write more than necessary, brevity is easily the area that I struggle with most in writing for the mass media.