– You could make the most of this opportunity, I mean with the World Cup on at the moment, to hone your skills as a sports journalist.
– I don't really have the time: not with trying to watch three games a day.
– Precisely. So, while you're watching, you could be writing. A ball-by-ball commentary; some deep insights into innovative tactical ploys; speculation about the summer transfer market. That sort of thing.
– I suppose. But I wouldn't really know what to write. Other than copying what the commentators are saying, which I think would come over fairly dull if you wrote it down word for word.
– True. You don't seem to get many books along the lines of greatest football commentaries of all time.
– And besides, I'm pretty slow at writing.
– With a bit more practice...
– I mean, slow in terms of producing a final polished draft. I'm forever tweaking and correcting, moving sentences around, searching for the mot juste, the appropriately nuanced phrase. That sort of thing. So I could never keep up with a live game.
– You could try a post-match analysis.
– But then I'm watching the next game. It would all get too confusing.
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