Aprilabe

Recently I was asked to do a writing sample for a email support, work from home venture. After looking up on the internet for clarification on “do I have to use subject and verb in all sentences of a professional writing sample?” (and that is how I entered it in google…almost) I read that “each sentence needs a subject and a verb.”

Now, that is not normally how I write, as you can tell if you read my blogs or text messages. But for the purpose of being in a professional environment, I can definitely do that. Plus, I used to want to be an English teacher back in High School because I really enjoyed my English Teachers (Ms. Lacy, Ms. Kimberlin, Ms. Waller) and actually had a chance to tell the first two about that —well, sometime back.

So proofreading isn’t exactly a favorite but I usually can spot typos while reading things (unless it is my own work, which usually I don’t re-read! Just kidding). Now I am not saying I catch everything. But sometimes I just find enjoyment in looking for mess-ups. In other people’s stuff.

But I digress, the main point of this post was to enter that sample. I was kinda dreading the whole task because it meant sitting down and really thinking about it. Once I got started, I really got in to it. Seems a little elementary though — had flashbacks of 5th grade writing assignments where the topic sentence introduces your 3 body paragraphs and then you tie it all up with a closing paragraph. All with keeping the readers interest in mind.

So without further delay…here is that sample (more…)