I could have written that article better.

Many a times I did feel the urge to rewrite the whole thing that I read in the journal and some other times I would badly wish to remake a movie. I think I would come up with better script and presentation that the film maker! And you have a wonderful idea there. I must start to work o it. Even though, I had written articles on my best friend on many occasions, this would be unique with a different kinda perception as a grown up.

I do not think so. I believe that every one has his/her own style of unimitable style of writing and they do it accordingly. Your feeling are right upto an extent because sometimes I also feel that the writer could have explained better, specially when I find an article loop sided. It is, therefore, I read 3-4 articles of different writers on the same topic, specially in the newspaper.

LOL I think that the majority of journalists are vermin that should be banned from being a part o normal civilisation. They lie, twist, trivialise and exploit people from all walks of life and in every type of situation! Sorry sis but I have personally seen how much of what goes into the media is twisted and made up!As for writing articles about friends and how special they are, there are a few people I would love to do that for but I would be nervous as I would worry that I wouldn't do them justice! Hugs xxxx

I think that I could write more articles if I got paid decently for them. i dont like writing without payment because I find that it is too much work. I guess that I will never be that prolfic. Sometimes newspaper articles are not particularly well written, but the news on TV is actually worse than that. You have some pretty bad copy written at times. I dont know what it is all about.

As a former journalist and still a contributor to many print venues, the reason so many stories sound formula based is because they have to be in order to meet the five major criteria of journalism. Who, What, Where, When and Why. Also, journalists must stay completely 'neutral' in their reporting because of privacy and libel laws. They are not allowed to report anything that hasn't been independently corroborated by at least two outside sources. It takes a very talented journalist indeed to 'humanize' the facts, and just the facts ma'am, that they are allowed to have go to print. That's why 'yellow' or sensational papers proliferate. These publishers do not subscribe to the rules of proper journalism and are constantly being sued.

thank for you message, glad i was to get it ,frome your message i think you are love your life .write your own life .what would you write:of love? hate? fun? misery? life? woulid you write to please just yourself? or others? or yourself by writing for others? would you strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? fancy with a flourish or plain/ there's a lot to think a bout here, isn't there? i can't consider the problem.

I have thought that this article could have been written better and thta it lacked the depth it warranted.But it would mostly be my subject related.As far as other current affairs, I would not always feel that way, because I may not ahev sufficient indepth knowledge in it[say, politics or sports].But , what you ahev written in the end has never struck me so far.[about a friend].Whatever I feel about a close person I have never thought of writing it all down.

Hi Pots! haha..There were a few times that i thought I could write it better than the author who have written the article or the book I am reading. haha..Although I am not a good writer, I just feel that sometimes they miss something more important and sometimes they dwell on unnecessary things that should never be written about in the first place. There were times too that I just wanted to write another side of this person's life because I think that some articles have been unfair with her and many people have misjudged her for what she truly is. However, I really do not know how and where to start. LOL.. Take care and have a great day! loveslot..faith

Sometimes, although I regard pretty much everything that the newspapers write about as at least partially pure fabrication and speculation. I have almost no regard for journalists at all. I have seen lovelier slithering things than most newspaper journalists. I had a friend whose reputation was ruined by two newspapers. He lost his career and many so called friends because his role in something was misrepresented. I won't go into the detail here, but E mail me and I will tell you. However, to answer your question. I have written about my friends in the past and probably will do so again. But not in newspapers of course. Sometimes I think that writing down what someone means to you is an excellent way of understanding how you feel.

Of course you could have written a better article about someone your know and value personally. You could have written more in depth from your own knowledge. A journalist does not have that insight and does not have time to get to know everything about a person. A journalist writes a piece based on a few interviews and a little research. They form a quick idea about how to present a person within an article, and then write it. Most newspapers and magazines have a house style and journalists are expected to write in the required style. Why not write to the newspaper telling them what you know about your friend. They may publish it. You could address it to the letters page.

our local paper is pretty bad about getting things wrong. don't think they have a proof reader. i know i could do better than they do sometimes & i don't consider myself a writer. i have had people i would like to write about but i never do. i'd also like to respond to some of the letters to the editor sometimes to. people are wierd.

i see that a lot.. not that i could do better as far as spelling and grammar but so many news sites give like 1 paragraph with no details and it annoys me since im a detail obsessed person and i know if i had 5 minutes with the story i could write 3 pages worth of an article and not 4 sentences!

They are working under a lot of stress. Journalists working for our national paper, The Straits Times and The Sunday Times, worked more than 70 hours a week. They also write under very tight regulations and deadlines. They have to write a few articles in a day and submit to editor before the deadlines. Unless us who do freelance writing, it's impossible for them to write a story and let the story sits overnight. They are not allowed to get too emotional about their subjects matter. Newspaper supposes to present only factual reports and not to prejudice or adds in unnecesary emotions into the reports.

I write so so...but i love to write.I keep scraping some thing or the other.usually they are crap.but yes sometimes when i read newspaper articles specially on the sports page i think i can do a much better job than the journalists.

hey makingpots...well to be honest no...i haven't think about that..i mean that i write better and everything...although i like reading but i enjoy what i read and never noticed the way it was written..maybe im not so meticulous on it...what im after is to gain information and enjoy what i constantly reading..

I think I am not so much gifted that I can write much better than the journalists. it is pity. So I am quite contended with what they write. I enjoy reading good things.

Yes, I had a weekly column in a sunday Newspapper for about 10 years. so enjoyed doing it too. Maybe one day again .......

This sounds like a great idea for an article. Even if you don't believe you have the skills now you can learn and build them up. Take an online writing course, go the library and find a book on writing.

Yes I do feel that way when reading. I have wanted to write about people who have refused or didn't see the point. I have recently signed up at helium and plan to write what I want when I want for the reasons I want regardless.

I have writen some feelings of mine in my language recently, I gave it to my hubby to read it first, he was touched. I never think I can write an article better than anyone, I don't think I can write as good as the delicate touch of their writing, there are always so many talented people.