Josey Internship Blogs

This week I went back to Writespace after what seemed like a long time of not going, I'm not really sure why though. When I got there I started with deciphering the last few words in some of the stories (with a little help from Ms. Olsen). After I learned that in a little bit Ms. Olsen will be stepping down from her position and going to work somewhere else, but luckily I will be able to continue my intersnhip. After I learned about Writefest and its goal, and why they did it. I also learned about the location etc. After I did a little sweeping up of the dust bunnies on the floor and a little organization but then worked on inputting information about Writefest. This was pretty tedious work, but I put the location to time, a description, but it was kind of scary because I was trying to make sure I did not put any information in wrong. I didn't want to mess any of the information up, but Ms. Olsen said I was doing a good job so I kept working on this until two when I had to leav...

This time when I went to Writespace I did some work that made me feel like a true intern. I started by adding email to the mailing list like I had done before, and I also worked on adding events to the calendar. Seeing how many events were on the calendar already I realized how busy work like this can be and how much organization goes into making sure people are in the right place at the right time and knew what they were doing. I worked on this for most of the time I was there, and surprisingly putting events into a calendar took a whole lot more focus than I thought it would. After I finished this my little break was watering the plants, wiping off some cabinets, and cleaning the whiteboard. This was a fun sort of task to do to keep the space looking pretty. It was a more relaxing time I had at my internship this week, and I am still looking forward to going back and working on different tasks, and seeing how a small business like this runs smoothly and what it takes to make everyth...

I went back to Writespace for the first time in over the month and a very interesting experience typing up stories. I finished writing up stories I had done one of the other times I was there, but I got to read more and take my time more in understanding what the people were saying. It was such a different perspective on Hurricane Harvey to see these people who had to go back to work and do so much more than they normally would to recover there theatre. It was very interesting to read all of the details they put into the writing and how strong their memories of the entire event were. I read stories from three different people and was able to understand more of what they went through repairing and rebuilding the theatre, and also just the stories of getting over there. It was all of their hard work and dedication and everything they had practiced and worked on. One woman also talked about how they still put on a play at the time it would have gone on, and with everything going on with t...