Based on its name alone, this subject did not stimulate my
enthusiasm. Anything related to the word ‘business’ doesn’t switch on my
interest, and this feeling didn’t improve at the beginning of this course. But as
it progressed, this subject has been able to change my opinion and reveal
itself as a very practical source of information for approaching a career in
the writing-editing field. It has been like a shy person who shows their
potentiality and value only when you get closer.
At the beginning, in fact, the subject appeared cautious, avoiding
exposing its true character and revealing its particularities. Its arguments
were focused on how to produce a résumé, how to face a job interview and so on —
useful knowledge to anyone, with the writing and editing components covered
only on the surface.
Gaining in confidence, lesson after lesson, the subject started to
relax and show its potentiality and personality. It revealed itself to be a
good resource for learning how to write for different contexts and purposes.
Writing is not just about being creative with fictional or non-fictional
stories. It’s also about communicating with customers if you work as a writer
in a company; communication that can be positive or negative. It’s about
promoting yourself and your manuscript to publishing houses, if you aspire to
be an author. And of course, it is about conforming to certain structures to
meet the purpose of your writing so that you can optimize your message. For
example, an effective negative message will follow the rule of ‘kiss, kick,
kiss’. But writing for a commercial context doesn’t necessary mean writing in a
boring style; there might be situation in which you can play with words and
make the communication more attractive.
If you write a letter, seeking for an agent or a publisher you need
to present your ‘product’ in the best way possible, concise and intriguing. There
are other many tricks this subject has introduce us, and as what happens when
you get to really know a timid person I marveled at what it had to offer.
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