Blog Post 12 of 12

My advice to writers in WSC 1 is to write often, and if given the opportunity, write what you like to write about. It is easy to crank out mindless junk and get away with it, but such a manufacturing stupor will not make you a better writer. Only by writing about things you enjoy can you discover how you write.

My second piece of advice is to only accept criticism after carefully evaluating it. You should listen to criticism, since it at least attempts to help you. Never nod eagerly after criticism, saying "yeah, ok, right" and looking like a thoughtless puppet. I always take time to consider criticism before inserting it in my own writing. Now, if you truly heeded my advice, you won't listen to a word I said.

Blog Post 11 of 12

I don't think the four-letter word projects qualify as writing. Writing is basically the act of inscribing letters onto a document. The four-letter word project was a composition, a piece that attempts to mimic writing or evoke the same thoughts that writing does, but this composition cannot be defined as writing. This does not mean the project had no value, but rather that it was a video or a slideshow that was compiled of all pictures and a single word, and this is not writing. I am writing currently, placing sequences of letters to form words, sentences, paragraphs and thoughts. Our projects were made in an attempt to replicate a verbal argument non-verbally, a proposition that had no option but to only partially succeed, and it could only partially succeed because the project was not made from writing.

Blog Post 10 of 12

Rodney Jones is arguing about the impulsive nature of humans and how we, as a species, tend to discard things that we value in fits of excessive emotion. It is the occasional  of people to behave in an irrational manner and blindly throw away the things that we enjoy. Jones then makes the point of the instant regret people have immediately after this discarding of the beloved. It is only when something is absent that we miss it. It ties in rather neatly with the idea of "you don't know what you have until it's gone."

Blog Post 9 of 12

When I put on text, I am generally quite oblivious to the possibility of people going through the process of reading my shirt. This mental detachment from my clothing occurs for a large spectrum of reasons, most of which can be traced back to my personality. I do not want to classify myself as a careless character who throws on whatever clothes are available, but I must admit that I do mindlessly pull on t-shirts while becalmed in the doldrums of a weekday morning. I am an inattentive person of fashion, conditioned by my own sleepiness to disregard clothing as anything but a fabric to prevent my arrest for public indecency, or a series of devices to preserve my own heat.

If I woke up like some people, bounding happily from my bed with an exuberant smile and a jaunty stride, perhaps I would consider my choices of clothing and their perspective texts. Instead, I curse loudly, stumble around and rub my eyes intermittently, and all thoughts of clothing are erased from my mind. So I apologize for my clothing dullness, but I just can't help myself.

Blog Post 8 of 12

Is it true that flexibility of voice leads to flexibility of all things?

Yes it does. You can relate to a more vast and diverse amount of people. (Drawing of a flower)

You can make them feel more comfortable by speaking like them and understanding them. (Smiley face)

It can grant you the eligibility to reach out to more people and appeal to more audiences.

Blog Post 7 of 12

It is very clear that this writer was influenced by her writing implement, the Crayon, (which along with Legos is the staple of all childlike instinct) and this influence is made distinct by a few casual drawings lightly littered in varying lilac tones across the page. She has drawn a flower and a smiley face to help emphasize her argument, and this increase in expressiveness makes her writing framed by happy images and actually changes the tone of the argument. In a feat that I could certainly not accomplish, the writer makes her argument lighter and gentler with the assistance of a few positive images. The writing is good because the writer hits a few solid points in the brief time she has. While simple, the language is straightforward and doesn't fiddle around with superfluous phrasing, making it both convincing and easy to read.

Blog Post 6 of 12

Twitter is populated by people who have a vague, unknown, or nonexistent audience. If I had a genuine twitter account I would probably not wonder about my audience too much, since I think that twitter is a kind of self-satisfying munching. I think twitter can be a viable tool in terms of arranging certain events for mass audiences. To be honest, I think the purpose of microblogging is to create a false aura of self-importance. This video is a bit harsh with its criticism, but the gist of the message remains the same with me.