MY INTERNSHIP JOURNEY: A New World of Writing.

I have shared in a previous article, about my writing journey and how it all began. I went from someone who hated reading words, I guess you can call them narrative words that weren’t about science to publishing my first creative work on Wattpad ‘After my honeymoon’.

Few weeks into  2025, I discovered I could also do academic writing other than creative writing because of a small writing company I joined but quickly I spiraled into writer's block and honestly I wanted to do something else, something that would make me better, a stronger validation but didn’t know what it was. 

I found a ray of hope in disguise around the last week of march when my friend brought my attention to an internship application.

I remember very clearly reading the application instructions ‘Write not more than 800 words: A future conversation with myself’.  It was literally the last day of application and I applied without having any major expectations but I was blown away when I received an email on the 1st  of April from The way out media network. I couldn’t believe it because it was the first time I had applied to an opportunity online and gotten in.

I was very happy to meet my supervisor and fellow interns although, I will admit that on our first meeting with our supervisor, I thought she was very strict and wondered if I would be able to work well with her. I even secretly thought that she probably did not like me but maybe it was all in my head.

MY INTERNSHIP JOURNEY SO FAR

I have learned a lot in the course of this journey even though I entered thinking I would work on efficiently generating creative writing ideas I was pleasantly surprised when we were given tasks to write articles instead.

Very different from what I expected but not disappointed because I have never thought of writing articles so I didn’t know if I would be good at it at first. I remember going on YouTube to watch some tutorial videos on how to write a perfect intriguing article but with more writing tasks I handled the more i eased into it.

I also got to have a level of personal relationship to an extent with my supervisor and some of the interns. I later realized that my supervisor was and is such a sweet soul because I went from thinking ‘ Does this woman even like me?’ to ‘Oh she’s so cool I think I want to be like her’.

WHAT HAVE I ENJOYED THE MOST

I would say that the first and most important thing I enjoyed about this whole experience aside from personal development, is the look on people’s face when I tell them ‘Oh I intern remotely for a media conpany’ the looks of approval I got gave me so much pride and I will forever be grateful for this opportunity. It also made me happy to be part of something and the hope that I can be part of even greater things to come.

I also enjoyed the privilledge given to us to make choices of topics we want to write on within the list given and they were not just given to us. 

I have also explored movie review articles thanks to ‘The Way Out Media’  which required me to watch the movies before giving my reviews and that was actually a relaxing exercise so I am grateful for that as well

I also enjoyed the little meetings we had, the drills which made my heart beat ten times fatser than normal but no worries I'm still alive and kicking.

THINGS I WILL NOT MISS

While the experiences has been amazing from writing to collaborations with fellow interns and the funny DIY’s done to take our mind of writing I don't think it ever really did because more tasks came almost immediately so there wasn't enough time to revel in the fact that all I had to do was come up with a way to make my DIY as beautiful as possible.

While this type of writing I have been doing for the past three months have been an amazing step out of the normal and comfort zone for me, it actually took a toll on me at certain points and all I wanted to do was just bury the tasks somewhere in my bag.

Collaborations were actually easier for me because then I just had to do 50% of the work and that gave me a little peace but whenever I have to do 100% of the work, well I guess you can say I just found some of it very exhausting especially when I fell behind on schedule because I fell ill a number of times might I add due to circumstances that were beyond my control.

Overall, I think eventually I will miss the tasks; I just don't miss them now. I would add a laughing emoji here but I don't think it is allowed.

WHAT VERSION OF ME IS LEAVING

I would answer this question honestly by saying that the version of me whose eyes has been opened to another branch of writing is excited. Another version that is leaving is one that is proud of herself for sticking to the end despite the moments where things were too tough and i struggled to balance the real world and my journey remotely. 

Another version of me that is leaving is one a lot better at writing even though I have still not gotten there yet but I am so much better than I came and that is enough motivation I need to keep pushing.