The brain speaks; the hand works. I am a writer, I am proud to say.
This talent was indulged to me five years ago. I have been writing since first year high school. At first, it was just a hobby, a past time, and a stress reliever. I do make novels, which later on, read by my classmates and friends. They convinced me to take the screening test for new staffs of our publication but I insisted not to join because at first I thought that being a staffer is a laborious task.
In the middle of the year, our school was invited in a joint seminar for journalism. It was an open-participation seminar so I decided to join. In the seminar, we are required to join in different genres and awards were given to those lucky candidates who were able to stand out among hundreds of participants coming from different secondary schools. In addition, I think fate made its way to call me. When the awardees were called, I can barely believe that I am one of those lucky persons who got into the top. I got 2nd place in the field of Filipino feature writing and a runner-up in news writing English category.
As a consolation, the publication adviser hired me as a feature editor and that has made all the changes in my life.
From then on, I was obliged to write an extemporaneous feature every day. It will be passed to the advisers and they will judge it according to their taste. They check the style, the emotion bonded in each word and its impact. This serves as my practice sessions as a preparation for the up-coming division press conference held at dingle, Iloilo and joined by all the districts of Iloilo. And luckily again, I made it to the top 5, representing the division of Iloilo for the regional press conference.
What calls my interest when writing is the subject which calls for an internal deviation. Say for example, a point of view about the death of Corazon Aquino, the side of turned down Vice Presidential Candidate Roxas and even a novel-type story feature which is my specialty.
Moreover, I constantly excelled in Filipino-base feature. My sub genre is news writing, preferably English.
In 4 years of service in Green Woods, the official publication of our school, I could say that my strength is in Filipino articles rather than English. I don’t know why but I can write smoothly when it was in Filipino rather than in English. Because of those achievements, I garnered the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo award in Campus Journalism in the end of the year.
Why I chose, to apply in Lifeline? It is because by joining it, say, I could have the chance to pursue my talent as a writer, to let my feelings be heard and to make others be entertained through my writings. Finally, through this chance, I may say that I was a full-accomplice writer for I was I able not to hinder the power of a fresh mind, seized in pen.
