This will be a little breakaway from the What really grinds my Gears series. This is my Young Authors' submission for 2017. The entire submission is underneath ELA projects. Read away!! Way back when, Young Authors’ was a good idea; it encouraged children to become better writers and better at literacy. Today, however, that has changed. Kids are more accustomed to computers and electronics, and the need to know how to write a narrative story is lessening, as kids are discovering dreams that don’t require the need to write a narrative, but a guided essay, which includes information finding skills and has a set guideline. I believe that Young Authors’ should be an optional activity, in that if a student feels it will improve their writing ability for a future career or job, they would be able to participate if they chose. However, if a student did not feel that participating in the Young Authors’ would better themselves for a future career or job, and that it would be a waste of time and energy for them, they could choose to not participate in the Young Authors’, and nothing will be counted against them. I believe this because the decreasing need for narrative story writing for today’s jobs, the sheer waste of time for a student if they do not need to better themselves, and the area of jobs that today’s students are looking into. I believe that participating in Young Authors’ should be a choice made by the student, and not a requirement.
First and foremost, the need to be able to write a narrative story is decreasing in today’s workforce. Sure, some would like to become authors or writers, but most writing that people do today is not narrative writing, but more informational or persuasive writing. Most pieces you see that gain national popularity are news stories, not books or short stories like the pieces written in Young Authors’. If you wanted to earn as much money as professional news writers by writing narratives, you would have to crank out about a story or two a day. Keep in mind that the stories, if you want to keep your money the same as a newswriter, have to be original. However, newswriters always have something to go by to write the news story, whether it be experiencing the event and seeing it yourself or doing some research to make one big headline. This can increase the amount of headlines they produce in a day. According to sokanu.com, the median salary of a journalist in New York is $47,770. That’s not bad compared to a story author, which can depend on how many books you have written and how well your books sell. If you don’t want to become a writer in either field, but want to go to college, you must know how to write an essay, and a good one at that. Not much of a need for writing a story if you want to become a doctor or an astronaut! Come back next blog for the next half of the Young Authors'! I spent quite a bit of time working on this piece, and am happy to share is with everyone. Have a good day!! Note: Sorry if it may be hard to read. I tried to change the font, but couldn't. The easy to read version is under the ELA Projects.
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