1. I wish to be on the paper because: I want to feel sorta active on the computer and helping out, not so much [playing RuneScape and stuff, plus, I get new experiece in the news paper level

2. My desired position is: Interviewer

3. Any experience in this area?:Not really but it sounds rather interesting to me

4. My example:
KEY: Me Ryan

Interview with my friend, Ryan


How are you doing today?
I am fine, I am just trying out the new RuneScape December 2007 event.

May I ask how are you today?
I’m doing pretty good! Got an A+ on my Social Studies report!

So how is the event coming? Pretty easy or hard?
Meh, it's easy, even though I am having help from my friends.

Cool, so what is something exciting that you did recently?
Well After I got my fletching cape, I decided I will continue to collect snape grass to get my dream. A God Sword.

Awesome, anything else cool (Non-RuneScape related)
Well, I was elected Basketball Captain of my school

That’s sounds awesome! Is Baseball your favorite sport?
No, I just enjoy it. I'd have to say Baseball happens to be my favorite sport, its very energetic

(Personally think the same) What is your favorite thing to do when you aren't at school or playing Baseball?
I like to chill down with a little runescape or web-design.

Have you created any-websites or anything in graphical area's?
Well, I have been working hard finding a copy of DreamWeaver for expert design. But right now I am using WYSIWYG programs for now. I currently own Http://www.renegadeskillers.com For now but I have a plan to make it an official clan website when I get the time.

I hear you area belly-dancer, is this true?
Yes, Very true. If you search my name you can see some on Http://www.Thatlaststatementwasatotallie.com

Cool, so do you know any other languages other than English?
I am learning Spanish in my school, if that counts.


Do you like Spanish?
Nah, Its boring, and my teacher is a well... You fill in the blank

If you could do anything on the Internet possible, what would you do?
Own eBay and be rich

Now tell me, Do you think it is possible to rap the song "Macarana"
Nope, I think the song is fine as it is. I wouldn't tamper with it

What is your favorite YouTube video or any video right now?
Hm, I would say how to be a Ganster by Nigahiga

If you were President of the United States, what would you do to help the Country?
Geez, That’s like the America's Next Top Model question. Anyways I would help by paying state workings to have more oil rigs for cheaper gas prices

What is the worst trouble you have ever got in?
I don't get into much trouble But... some of that is private… Lol

The End of the Interview, I also added to it to make it longer

I'll be honest. This is a very short article or interview, if you may. If I can recollect, Prash likes a nice and long interview, oh I'd say fifteen questions. Now here are a few tips. Try fixing up your presentation. Use Paragraph codes. Use the B I Us. It needs to be a little more organized.

Personally, I do not like this part. The interview should focus on you asking the questions and the interviewee replying, not a mixture of the two. If you want to keep the above statements and replies, I would recommend combining the two like this:


Basically, keep yourself asking questions. If the interviewee asks a question, answer it in your next question and ask your question after a transitional word.


It's important that sentences and replies are "complete." I recommend changing "Got" to "I got", even if that's not how the original interview was. It's all right to change the interviewee's responses or your questions a little to make them complete sentences when you're doing the final editing, as long as you don't change what they are trying to say.


Firstly, I'm not sure if the question is grammatically correct. If it were I doing the interviewing, I would word it as: "Cool, so what is something exciting that you have done recently?" The response isn't grammatically correct, either. Even if that is how Ryan worded it, you should fix it so it flows better and makes more sense. For example, I believe this is how it should be worded: "Well, after I got my fletching cape, I decided that I would continue to collect snape grass to get my dream of a God Sword."


In the question, the phrase after the comma isn't complete and there is no punctuation. In addition, the question doesn't make complete sense. I would try and make it more specific. With the response, there is no punctuation. When properly fixed, this question should appear as such:



In the question, when did baseball come into the picture? In the previous question, Ryan said he was elected basketball captain. That is the only mistake in the question. As with the response, it somewhat makes sense, but I don't understand how you went from basketball to baseball. Also, sports are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. Lastly, there is no punctuation to end the sentence.


In the question, what is going on with the phrase in parenthesis? I would add that into the question to show your personal opinion, if that's what you're trying to express. Once again, sports are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. Also, I still don't understand where you pulled baseball from. The response is good, expect for the fact that RuneScape is a proper noun and should be capitalized. However, JaGeX capitalized RuneScape in a unique way; the "R" and "S" should both be capitalized. Overall, with everything fixed, this is how the question and response should appear:



In the question, there should not be a hyphen between "any" and "websites". There should not be an apostrophe after "area". In the response, I recommend changing "But" to "However". In addition, I recommend removing the second "For now", which is bolded for you to see after the link. If you do remove the "For now", add a comma after the link.


In the question, using the word "area" like that is interesting. I do not know if that is correct or incorrect, so I won't say anything about removing it. In the response, "Very" should not be capitalized. Also, I recommend changing the first sentence in the response to: "Yes, that is very true." Finally, does your friend know this interview is for a RuneScape forum's newspaper? Is he comfortable showing himself belly dancing on a forum?


The response is fine, but the question is quite awkward. The way you word it is expressing that belly dancing and other languages are related. I would remove "Cool, so" and start the question with a capital "Do".


The question is fine, but the response has many grammatical problems. Also, using the word "blank" doesn't really make sense since there isn't a blank, but a set of dots to indicate there is more to the sentence or that you've stopped talking. Plus, there needs to be ending punctuation. This is how it should be: "Nah, it's boring, and my teacher is a ... well, you can fill in the rest. "


"Do" shouldn't be capitalized, and there needs to be ending punctuation. Smiles are not a type of punctuation.


This is just being picky, but usually if you want to express onomatopoeia such as "Hmm", I recommend two "m"s instead of one. Finally, there needs to be ending punctuation.


In the question, I don't think "Country" should be capitalized. In the response, "That's" shouldn't be capitalized; "the" should be "an"; "Anyways" should be "Anyway" and have a comma after it; "oil rigs" is one word; there needs to be punctuation.


In the question, the bolded text doesn't flow. It should be "worst amount of trouble". The response is messed up in a lot of parts and should be reworded as such: "I don't get into much trouble, but some of that is private, lol." I would ditch the smile.


A lot of your mistakes are little ones that aren't that big of a deal, while some are bigger. Also, some mistakes were on Ryan's fault. It's important to fix some of the responses if your interviewee makes some. In addition, this interview isn't organized, question wise. You tossed some of the most random questions I've ever seen into an interview. I believe that it should be more organized with the same topic discussed for a couple of questions. In my opinion, this isn't newspaper quality and could be longer. I'm not the section head of Interviews, so I can't accept or decline your interview. That is up to the section head, Prashanna.

I agree 100% with what Mrcsupertrain said.

I'll accept your application, but your interviews need to be of better quality if you want them to be put into the newspaper. (Refer Mrcsupertrain's post above in the future for tips.)