Writing has always been an important part of my life, and when a person can qualify something as a “loveâ€, he/she should develop his/her skills in it, or risk doing it a disservice. Things like editing, proofreading and revision are all integral branches of writing because they come from understanding what goes into good writing, which is an understanding of grammar and of audience/purpose. Consequently, I have been honing each of these skills for most of my life, especially editing, whether I do so on paper or as I am walking by a misspelled sign. When I was in high school, I worked on the newspaper as the lead copy editor, meaning that I edited the entirety of each issue. In college, I worked on the university newspaper as a writer for two years before moving on to become a writing tutor at the Frostburg State University writing center. While working at the tutoring center, I was recommended for and took an internship with the business department which involved editing extended reports for senior capstone students to give them one last, big chance to improve on their writing skills before they went out into the world and had their jobs depend on their ability to convey meaning. After finishing this internship in a semester, I was kept on to continue the process as a work study student and was paid for my services. In the same year I took on a newly created practicum called The Teaching of Writing, in which I extensively studied methods of tutoring, proofreading and editing and spent time with Freshman Composition students working on the basics of writing and everything that might go under that heading.  Writing is what I choose to do with my life because I love it; now that I am on my way to graduate school in January and it is time to get a good job with which to support myself, my preference would be to do something involving my first and continuous love. 