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Why I'm Writing For The Odyssey, And Why You Should Too!

If you feel like you want your voice to be heard in your community or you want to share yours or others stories, then Odyssey is definitely a place you’d want to consider joining.

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Why I'm Writing For The Odyssey, And Why You Should Too!
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If you know me, you may wonder why I talk about the Odyssey so much. Whether I’m constantly rambling about my amazing writers newest article, or I keep bringing up different topics to remember later on for possible article ideas the chatter never seems to end.

You don’t understand, but Odyssey has quickly become a part of my life and my world.

I haven’t been part of the team all that long actually, I started writing for the Odyssey back in July so it’s only been about six months since I joined, and three months since I’ve become EIC of the Oklahoma Baptist University Odyssey community.

I joined with the intent of sharing tid bits of what little wisdom I believe that I have gleaned with the world. I write many of my articles for my audience so that they get something out of what they’re reading. I don’t want them to feel like they’ve been lured in with some click-bait or forced to ingest some story with absolutely no value to them and they leave feeling like they just wasted five minutes of their lives that they will never get back.

I can easily say that joining the Odyssey community at Oklahoma Baptist University was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. And I’m here today, to give you a few reasons why you should write for the Odyssey, whether it be at OBU or at any University you choose to attend.

If you feel like you want your voice to be heard in your community or you want to share yours or others stories, then Odyssey is definitely a place you’d want to consider joining. So many people read these articles and share them with friends and family, so if you’re looking to write something you feel is worth getting out there, then Odyssey is definitely the place for you.

Along the lines of that, if you’re looking for a place to get some of your work out there, then the platform that Odyssey is, is perfect for you. I’m a News and Information major and I’ve started to add many of my articles to my portfolio because there are quite a few that I’m particularly proud of and feel as though they would be a good asset to my ongoing portfolio. I want my work to reflect who I am and what I believe in, and Odyssey allows me to start to develop just that.

Odyssey is also a creative outlet for many. You can write short stories, create any kind of videos, share your personal photography, you name it and Odyssey will probably allow you to do it. That’s definitely one of the things that reeled me in the most, the fact that there is so much freedom in what you can do and what you can post. You’re not restricted to simply one section of writing, rather it’s all at your fingertips and you can change your topics weekly. Say you want to post a fun how-to video one week, then another week have a deep heart-to-heart with your audience on a lesson you learned recently. Here at Odyssey, you can do that!! It’s cliché to hear, but the sky is the limit.

So friends, that’s all I have to say (for now at least) about Odyssey and how wonderful this platform is for so many people and how I’ve met so many wonderful people because of it. Now, here’s my shameless plug for anyone reading this to join today, we’d love to have you!

http://muse.theodysseyonline.com/apply

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