GoMW SWL Analysis piece

This is the 300 word analysis piece of my original submission - which can be read here - that is required by the Guild to be (a) online and (b) to be online in this two-week editorial campaign. As ever, hit me up on Twitter or in the comments below if you have anything to say!

I’m not one to claim that any of my pieces are ever perfect, as every piece – just like anything for that matter – can be improved somehow. But as I hit ‘save’ and sent the email off to the Guild I thought to myself “that piece is OK”. In my eyes I didn’t think it was that good, and nor did I think it was the written equivalent of a G-Whizz. 

Apparently, much like a fine wine my writing improves over time, because as I came back to it on Monday afternoon after hearing that I’d been picked as a finalist and read it, I thought to myself “did I really write that?” as I genuinely felt proud of it. It wasn’t perfect though: there were a few small grammatical errors and a couple of sentences that could have been structured a little better. 

Also, because the piece was trimmed down from a 1200 word draft, I could tell that I jumped a little from one area to another. Whether or not it appears that way to the reader, I don’t know, as I tried to cut a lot of it out, but it is apparent to me. 

But – and it is a big but - I’d be a fool and a liar if I were to write that I’m not proud of my original submission: I included all the main points that I intended to include in the first place, as I wanted to give a number of things that defined premium, and not overwrite about one point. I also had an outside view after reading last year’s finalists’ entries and taking onboard ideas, and finally, I felt that I got the right mix between silly and sensible – something that  can often plague pieces.