Why ProgArchives is Good For You

I sent in a resume for a full-time writing/ editing job a week or so ago. The company responded with a request for short writing samples which highlighted my range.

After sifting through my vast body of work , I decided to include (among other things) one of the reviews I had written for PA. I won't say which one, but it wasn't any of the ones which referenced a certain recreational hobby of mine (hint: neither model trains nor stamp collecting).

To my surprise, they called me for an interview. It went quite well...I think. Though they did indicate that if I got the job, I'd have to tone down my vocabulary a bit. Yes, I do speak in much the same way as I write.

So not only is ProgArchives a valuable resource and a good way to waste precious time, it may in fact be a useful vocational tool!

Then again, if I don't get the job, it's all PA's fault.

Good luck with the job, James! i tried my hand as a writer/photojournalist some years ago, but my submissions always got pipped at the post, the editors would say "oh, we already have an article covering that subject",  "great article, we'll let you know..".   Cartoons, photographs (they wanted medium format transparencies only),   everything, no luck! Perhaps i should have tried harder, but it was costing a fortune in magazines and postage. Tough game!!!

I must say that the archives have allowed me to raise my writing skills from pityful to just plain bad.

James:

PA is good for you, cause it has unique facilities like the Velvet Room, nobody else has that, making PA special.

OK,OK because it is one of the only Prog site that has full interactivity, like you can review albums and discuss PROG with other across the globe and you cabn also contribute to album additions etc.

maani wrote: Sean:   Self-deprecation doesn't become you!  LOL.  You are among the best writers on the site.....................but don't let it go to your head!!  LOL.   Peace.

Sean Trane wrote: I must say that the archives have allowed me to raise my writing skills from pityful to just plain bad.   With lots more practice (something like 2000 more reviews), it might just come to not-so-bad.   Hurray for the Archives

Your writing is neither pitiful nor bad, Hugues, and you know it very well...

As for myself, I don't know whether I'll ever land a job thanks to PA... However, I must say that it has done wonders for giving me extra practice in writing in English. Up to some five-six years ago, I had no problems whatsoever in writing even very long papers in English - then, because of a series of negative circumstances, I felt I was losing all the skills accumulated in years of work.

Nowadays, I've gone back to writing papers and essays in English (some to be published in books and reviews of academic standards) with ease, and much of it is due to the practice I get both posting on the forums and writing my now-legendary reviews (well, I've got my own fan club, even if you might not know that...). So, a big hand for PA - of course it's good for all of us, in more ways than one!

maani wrote: Tony:   If you were aiming that barb at me (LOL), actually neither Rush nor The Church made the "baker's dozen" list.  Sorry...   Peace.

Then in Rush's case you would be performing an injustice.
    

EL:

Tony R wrote: If Zappa is Prog Rock then my name's Stonebeard Cygnus XXIV

What are we going to do with you?