The experience of writing a magazine.

Many of my acquaintances may assert this is a somehow outdated subject I'm writing about, but I still am pretty proud of what my writing team and I have achieved. Being a journalist is a chore that may bring some to the edge since readers unconsciouslly set their own standards when reading an article. It requires talent and a wide vocabulary to fuel one's talent, and of course a rough documentation on the subject. But, all in all, it requires objectivity. Anyway, I still live under the impression that we lacked objectivity. This spring, Academia Catavencu, a journal in my country, Romania, has given our high-school the opportunity to struggle ourselves into writing a supliment of their magazine. The compulsory task?... Put down in writing whatever bothered us: adolescence, school, the system?!:)) However, and gladly, it did not turn out to be 7 pages of teen frustrations at all. Considering our experience (NONE) we did well.

So, what are the steps of putting together a magazine?

1. Get a team formed of people ready to brainstorm

2. Scoop, sneak, find your subjects

3. Assign a number of subjects to each person

4. Start writing and while doing so make sure you are updated to your colleagues' work.

5. Read your stories among yourselves and find the best output for each article

6. You will need pictures right?

7. Make sure each page represents a different category of subjects, you don't want to make a mess of the general look, don't you?

8. Review and send it to print

9. Wait for your acclaims. haha.

While writing you will also want to promote yourself. Spread the news of your magazine. Make them curious. You don't want people to be surprized by the coming out of your articles, but to be anxious of their apparition.

So go on, I encourage you to find where to write if you feel like writing;)