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You sweat your brain out trying to think of an article that will be published!
You think for hours on end for an interesting topic! And all for what!? It
doesn't
get accepted!?
There are a few Times Writers, those folks who write a few articles per year,
and then there is
you. You write around five articles a week, but you're still called a "Guest
Writer"! You always choose interesting topics, and write articles on the latest
updates, yet you are still considered a lower-class journalist!
I am one person who would really REALLY like to become a Times Writer, but I am
being scraped clean of ways to impress the Editor! Most of the citizens
that are TWs are considered oldbies. Me, I am not far off from being an oldbie, but
I'm not
THAT old. Still, I hope in the near future that I'll get a position as a Times Writer. I am one of those people who love to write! And I am sure many other
citizens do too.
That's why I would like the position!
On a similar vein, it is also very difficult to be accepted as a Y-Mail helper...
but fact is, that's not as hard as trying to get into this job!
But the real question on everyone's mind is... How do you become a Times Writer!?
Editor's Note: Well, hate to say it, but number one
is to include your username with your article. :) If you forget, please re-send
the whole article with your name, or the two emails will be sure to be
separated. Number two is to follow the "new" submission rules I've posted in
this week's Times. Hopefully you'll be able to find the rules under the SUBMIT
link at the top of the Times, too.
Need more guidelines? Hm -- topics. Choose a variety of
topics. Fashion is not likely to get you consideration for becoming a Times
Writer, unless it's *awfully* good. Science and good help articles will earn you
extra points in my mind. If you write opinion pieces, be open-minded -- mindless
rants are almost guaranteed to slow down your application to TW status, even if
they're not published. We try to pick folks who we can expect good things of in
the future, as well as the past.
Don't let yourself get stumped as a writer, and don't get
angry with the Editor unless it's really, REALLY justified. That's a good rule
of thumb for life as well as for writing. :-) Always look for new ways to
improve yourself and your writing, and be grateful for people's opinions in chat
and the BBS -- even when they say your stuff stinks. Use everything to better
yourself, even your enemies and opponents.
Keep your writing simple. Get to the point.
And hey, have fun too! Lighthearted writing can shake most
any writer out of a rut, let me tell you!
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