I was asked by Louise Elliot of Staffordshire Life magazine to write a piece for them based on weddings. I was thrilled, not only do I love weddings, but I have also wanted to write something for Staffordshire life so when this opportunity appeared, I was quick to accept.
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| True love in all it's beauty |
The request was only emailed to me three days ago and I had a week deadline on the piece which was fantastic. I know that on journalism articles I work better with a small deadline purely because it means I have to write constantly or I will not finish in time. I had to write a 1,000 word piece based around a local couple's wedding. I had the phone number of the couple, so I had set up an interview the day I was offered this fantastic opportunity. The bride was more than happy to assist me with my article and I got to listen to a lovely story about how the couple met, how they got engaged, how the planning went for the wedding and the honeymoon. It was a fabulous job that combined two things I love. Weddings and Writing.
I had to follow a specific style which was always good because I like having a free flow to write articles and having to write to a specific structure helped me understand more about readership and writer styles. It was all in the Bride's words and it was my job to structure the piece in a logical order and to pick from all the information the best bits to tell a wonderful story of reunions and love.
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| Ain't love grand? |
With permission from the photographer and the bride to use photos from the wedding, I am now all set to submit my article to Louise, three days before the deadline. In three days I was able to carry out two interviews, create, structure and organise a 1,000 word article and ensure that the text flowed and was coherent throughout without losing the bride's tone throughout the piece.
This was a wonderful experience for me and has opened my eyes to how much I enjoy writing for bridal publications and may have opened my eyes to a future career path. I am a big fan of magazine designing also and know that if I had to choose any job right now, it would be writing for and styling for a bridal magazine.
I shall post my article when it is available. I am feeling like a competent journalist ready to make her mark on the world one wedding at a time!
Victoria V.L. Walker
