Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Yes! That's How I Wanna Write!

       When Cynthia Hill decided to have a baby via in vitro fertilization three years ago, the then 41-year-old principal of a Los Angeles-based boutique marketing firm knew exactly who to invite over for a bottle of wine and an evening spent flipping through binders of sperm-donor profiles. She knew who would administer progesterone shots in her backside and who would tag along to childbirth prep classes at the hospital. It was the same person who would be in the delivery room with her, squeezing her hand tightly as she gave birth to her son, Ronan. For all intents and purposes, Hill was having a baby with Cathy Finley, her best friend of more than a decade. To be clear, they weren't having a baby together, but Finley's presence in Hill's life was so important, so intimate, that at times it certainly seemed that way. "At our birthing class, people were like, 'Oh, the lesbian couple!'" says Hill. "I'd say, 'No, I'm having a baby solo. This is my best friend.'"
    Six sentences and so much expressed. That's how i want to able to write my features too. I love this lead written by Whitney Joiner in an article for Marie Claire. In this article, Joiner explores a very bold, interesting and most importantly, fresh topic. She is articulate and emotive. The article throws in statistics and facts at just the right places, making it a legitimate read. More than anything else, what I liked best was her choice of topic. I would definitely like to explore more on the same and write about this new style of companionship and maybe even delve into a comparison on how this differs in the way of men bonding with each other?

Here where you can read the complete article at : http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/articles/girlfriends-new-husbands

1 comment:

  1. I am glad you found a sample of great writing and that is inspired you. Keep up the great work with your blog entries.

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