7/3/2023 0 Comments Whoopie Lee 2 by Adeline Foo![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling toiled tirelessly in cafes to write her first Harry Potter book. This is a myth perpetuated by the story of how J.K. ![]() Many of us have this idea of writers as people who sit in front of the word processor 50 weeks a year, churning out manuscript after manuscript. Here’s a little bit about the stuff I got to do, the ways I got to grow, and the things I got to witness. ![]() I suppose that’s a pretty safe way of putting it. My boss, Adeline Foo of The Diary of Amos Lee fame, likes to tell people that I’m a friend helping her out day to day. Am I an intern? A mentee? Or a marketing and research assistant? I’ve used various job titles at various introduction opportunities and yet none really encapsulates what I’ve been doing for the past five months. When people ask me the standard “what’s your job?” question (after “what JC are you from”, of course), I find myself unable to give a definite answer. In this edition, Jasmine Liu shares her experience working under local children’s writer Adeline Foo. Making a comeback after an extended layoff, we bring you this week’s Diary of an RI Intern, where we invite ex-Rafflesians to share their interning experiences. Article and pictures contributed by Jasmine Liu ![]()
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