Semester Deux, Blog Six

Link to three outstanding Ampersand article pitches that you have seen on other students' blogs.
What makes each one stand out to you? What makes you believe these pitches would lead to great articles? Write a paragraph for each.


http://nateaidanross.blogspot.com/2011/02/semester-two-blog-five.html
I like his first and second pitches that, though cliche, already have direction and character. From ready his simple, somewhat sparse pitch, I can see that his article won't just be another day in the life of an intern, but will have humor, action, romance--scratch that--his article will be unique even though his pitch is nothing new. His content is bound to be interesting when he writes "I came to internship at around 1:00-3:00pm did a whole lot of cleaning and trying to entertain myself, etc." and later "the project only took like a week so I had the rest of the time to be an intern slave." For a seemingly rushed blog post, that's a pretty humorous description.
"...bound to be a bestseller." ~Noah Schlottman, critic for New San Diego Daily Journal.


http://mairavierheller11.blogspot.com/2011/02/semester-two-blog-five.html
Maira's third pitch was really good and original. I wish I'd thought of that, although that would be a very interesting, slightly humorous, totally uneventful, and non-educational piece. I just liked that idea of writing from the point of view of one of the things you frequently used during internship, like a camera, coffee-cup, etc. My perspective can get a little old at times and I must say that I'm not a very good first-person writer; however, if I could write from that point-of-view it would be really cool and creative and all that good stuff. Of course, I'm not sure if that fits the non-fiction requirements...who knows? As I said before though, my article might be very unique and humorous, but totally uninformative.


http://tapandhthma.blogspot.com/2011/02/semester-2-blog-5.html
I really liked the first pitch and how Tomas would compare the human workforce to the bee and insect world. Already, I can see the direction he is going in concerning this full analogy of robotic humans and never-failing busy bees. It would definitely be a unique, engaging way of informing the audience about today's workforce and your experiences and observations during your internship in the hive.