For the past two weeks or so I've been slowly working on an article about student sex workers. I've talked to a couple of students, former and current, who work as strippers in order to make a lot of money for school. These were hands down the most interesting interviews I've ever done, but I'm now finding it hard to write the article. The issue is so complex and interesting, plus not many people know about it, and I want the article to be big. Justin (from TNH) even told me that it could be picked up by local papers. With that in mind, I'm feeling a little extra nervous.
I've been trying to take the advice from the visiting journalist, Chris Outcalt, and tell this story in scenes. I wrote a couple different leads using this method before I wrote one that I liked. It still needs work though, as Justin told me when I had him read it. He's going to help me edit and workshop through the article as I write it to make sure I get it just the way I want it. In my head I have a picture of how I want it, but I really have no idea how to get that on paper. It's interesting because I've always loved to write fiction and that's what Chris Outcalt said it should read like. For some reason I can't write a true story like it's fiction though. I'm really stumped on this one so I guess I'll just have to go for it and see what happens. Maybe I'll just sit down and write without thinking about it, just to see where it takes me.
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