I've written a thesis, many papers, stories, articles. This is for a job application but I don't really know what a writing sample is
What can I submit as a writing sample?
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What can I submit as a writing sample? |
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Posts: 38533 (12/09/2008 10:34 PM) TMI JJBer '08 |
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Slave4JustinTimbs |
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Posts: 2951 (12/09/2008 10:36 PM) |
I think it probably depends on the type of job. What are you applying for?
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TheFreshPrincess |
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Posts: 1022 (12/09/2008 10:37 PM) |
do you have any published clips from school or anywhere else? What kind of job is this?
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EJFiederer |
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Posts: 10759 (12/09/2008 10:38 PM) |
Anything that has been published.
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Showmeyoursoul |
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Posts: 38534 (12/09/2008 10:38 PM) TMI JJBer '08 |
well it's a program director job... so I guess you have to write program proposals and such. How long should a writing sample be?
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EJFiederer |
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Posts: 10761 (12/09/2008 10:40 PM) |
Well, you aren't writing it for the application and they usually like a few samples so send whatever you have that has been published.
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Slave4JustinTimbs |
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Posts: 2952 (12/09/2008 10:40 PM) |
When I started out, I always used my published press releases and articles that were published in school newspapers. I don't think length matters, so much
as how substantial the material is.
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Showmeyoursoul |
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Posts: 38535 (12/09/2008 10:40 PM) TMI JJBer '08 |
do you think my thesis counts as published? Because what I have published is a bunch of movie reviews. I hardly think that helps my case
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TheFreshPrincess |
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Posts: 1023 (12/09/2008 10:44 PM) |
how long are the movie reviews? Would you say they are at least a page?
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EJFiederer |
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Posts: 10763 (12/09/2008 10:45 PM) |
Thesis, NO! It doesn't matter the topic. They are looking at writing style. Send the movie reviews.
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ILuvJustinRandall |
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Posts: 2527 (12/09/2008 10:46 PM) |
Thesis counts as published work, because they are by your University.
Maybe submit your abstract or introduction? For program proposals I don't know if movie reviews are good. |
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Showmeyoursoul |
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Posts: 38537 (12/09/2008 10:49 PM) TMI JJBer '08 |
yeah I'm gonna do my thesis. I wrote a program proposal for my thesis. It makes the most sense. Of course it was a 70+ page boring boring thing. So I have
to pick like three pages that maybe won't make them fall asleep.
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ILuvJustinRandall |
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Posts: 2528 (12/09/2008 10:51 PM) |
Maybe send in two pages, the thesis as formal work and something less so, like the movie review? It's still an article and does show more writing style.
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EJFiederer |
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Posts: 10765 (12/09/2008 10:51 PM) |
I think it's a mistake not to send your shorter works. They are not going to read you thesis and sending sections out of context are going to take away
from your writing style.
And yeah, boring! JMO though! |
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