on an article like ‘Versus’ or with an artist that
to see what their take is on the topic or subject
illustrates your article is just amazing. The final
that they were given. It helps me not only better
product is always a treat to look back on.
understand the person that wrote the article,
The last part I love is writing. I love writing in all
but what I can do to improve my own writing.
its forms, and I’ve written pretty much every type
of article imaginable, from fiction to analyses to
Q: What is your least favorite part of the job?
Re-Designs. Just the process of a faint idea into a
writer’s block into a finished article representing your
thoughts is amazing to go through every month.
Jacob: To be honest, I enjoy everything: writing,
editing, and collaborating. But if I had to pick
a part I enjoy the least--research. Since I write
Joshua: I would reiterate collaboration,
for an official magazine, I have to make sure all
as Jacob and Jorg said above. My writing
my facts and statistics are correct. Sometimes I
each month improves based on the feedback I
spend hours sifting through spreadsheets, play-
receive from my fellow writers, and I hope that
testing ideas, and reading god mythologies. I
my comments have also helped others!
don’t hate it, but it gets tedious sometimes.
I also appreciate how open to new ideas
the staff is for the magazine. Kris, Jorg, and the
other managers have always been supportive of
the ideas people bring them.
Jorg: The waiting. Waiting for content creators
to hand in their work, waiting for the mag to come
out, waiting for the ideas of the team before
we can start. I’m intensely curious and I
Derrick: My favorite part is just
can’t wait to see what the rest of the team
writing/reading the articles. I love
conjured up this time. The deadlines always
when I sit down and from start to
seem to be too far away to my tastes!
finish an article I am writing. If you
haven’t noticed, I get a kick out of
Joshua: To start with, I love
writing in general. When it comes
proofing the articl