Welcome!

Hey... Welcome to my first blog.

I'm pretty new at this blogging thing, so forgive me if I don't know what I'm doing. Like it says in my "About me," I'm a junior at UNH, and this blog is a part of my Newswriting class. Right now I'm sort of just trying to figure things out.

I've really enjoyed this class so far overall, but there are aspects of it that have been a little stressful for me. By far the most difficult part for me has been coming up with story ideas. There are literally millions of things out in the world to write about...how am I supposed to pick out one thing that is more interesting or important than everything else? Then there's the matter of actually finding people knowledgeable enough about the subject to interview...definitely not one of my favorite things to do. Maybe it makes me a bad journalist, but I won't pretend like I don't get nervous everytime I have to talk to random people. I suppose it's a good thing to stretch myself out of my comfort zone. Conquering my fears, and whatnot.

For me, personally, I just love to write. The idea generating and information gathering is a bit tedious, but once I get to sit down and actually write, it's all okay. If only I could find a job where someone else did all of the legwork and I just had to put it all together and make it sound nice. That would be perfect. Maybe someday that will be possible (doubtful), but for the time being, I guess I'll just have to learn to deal.

-Kristin