September 9, 2026
My work has always been very visual
Graphic design is a large part of what I do. So are video, presentations, digital content, and training. I spend a lot of time thinking about images, typography, layout, software, and how information appears on a screen.
But work keeps bringing me back to words.
A well-designed proposal still needs to explain something. A video needs a script. Training material needs instructions. A social media design needs copy. A client needs an email that makes sense.
I can make the page look good, but design cannot rescue a confusing message every time.
That is one reason professional writing matters more to me now than it did several years ago.
Studying Communication in English has exposed some weaknesses
French is my first language, while my Communication studies are in English. That sometimes slows me down. I can know exactly what I want to communicate and still spend time trying to find an English sentence that sounds natural.
I noticed it again while writing my video script for COMM 310. Some sentences looked perfectly acceptable on my computer. Then I read them aloud and stopped. They were too long, or they sounded like sentences I could write but would never naturally say on camera.
So I changed them.
It was a small thing, but it reminded me that professional writing goes beyond avoiding grammar mistakes. A message has to work where it will actually be used.
What I want to take from this course
Looking through COMM 310, I am interested in the range of projects we will complete. The video script connects directly with work I already do, but later we will move into social media writing, press releases, news articles, feature writing, and newsletters.
News and feature writing interest me in particular because I have less experience with them than I do with design and training. I expect some assignments to take me longer because I am doing them in English. That is fine. I would rather discover those weaknesses here and work on them than keep avoiding them.
There is also something I like about building these projects directly into my website. I do not want everything I write for COMM 310 to disappear when the semester ends. If an article, video, or communication project becomes good enough, I can improve it and keep it in my portfolio.
A future client does not have to take my word for it when I say I can communicate professionally. They can look at the work.
I still want a good grade, obviously. But I would also like to finish the course with work I am comfortable putting my name on.
