Journalism is helpful to Creative Writing because it establishes writers with fundamentals essential in story telling. It provides the structure. Through its precise and compact form, journalism clarifies such as in crime reporting.
Dave Krajicek summarized the traits important to all writers not only the crime reporters: execptional initiative, determination, an eye for accuracy and detail, a knack for sourcing, and the ability to tell a story (interpersonal skills developed).
This interaction between writer/reporter and interviewee/community aids in forming the story (sort of what Amanda Cochran commented about interviews writing the story).
Comments unrelated: Katie Lambert commented last Wednesday in class about the intrigue of seeing fatalities and how it was almost okay because we as viewers were not directly involved. Linda Heath concluded that this was a psychological response of bystanders to assert one's own security.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at October 21, 2005 12:10 AM