Revisiting My Writing Process

Revisiting My Writing Process

In this blog post, I will reflect on what I wrote in Blog Posts 1.10 & 1.12 and explain how my perspective on my own writing process and time management habits have or have not shifted during my experience working in the course. I will be specific and detailed. Later, I will address how my skills have changed due to this course specifically and how this experience will help me in life and in my career. In addition, I used a picture of a ghost below in order to illustrate me revisiting my writing process. In comparison, ghosts revisit the world and represent the past. Likewise, my previous writing strategies have altered, and I am revisiting them like a ghost.

Has Anything Changed?

For “My Writing Process”, I mentioned that I use the Heavy Reviser approach because I focus on editing my work for a substantial amount of time.  That being said, I have noticed that I am not as much of a heavy reviser anymore. I think this applied a lot in the first project. As the projects have progressed, I have noticed that I use this skill less which is bad. Revision allows the writer to correct any errors. Whether the errors are small, large, grammatical, organizational, etc., it is a crucial time for the writer. I think I revise my writing now more as I go along than all at the end.

For my “Calendar Reflection”, I noticed that I dedicated a lot of my free time to homework, working out, and my boyfriend, I still use majority of my free-time for this. I have noticed that I do not get as much sleep at night. I still aim for 6-7 hours. However, I snore (according to my roommate), and she wakes me up if she can’t sleep. It disturbs my sleep so I do not feel as well-rested. In addition, I think that my wake up time at 6AM was UNREALISTIC. There is no way that I could do that because I cannot go to bed by 11PM because my dorm is LOUD. It does not get 100% quiet almost ever. Lastly, I just dropped my chemistry class because of some personal issues that I have been having. Therefore, I do not have to wake up for a 8AM 3 days a week.

Dita. "Ghost Lake." 1/12/12 via flickr. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

Has anything NOT changed?

It is still hard for me to write about certain punctuation because some of the things I had already knew. It was hard for me to transfer to my judgement calls onto my writing. If anything the punctuation posts made me continue to stress.

Homework allotment strategy tended to be on the weekends so that I could focus more on this class. I noticed that I wanted to do that in my calendar.

I do not throw away all my drafts at once or even large chunks. I try my best to incorporate it unless the teacher tells me otherwise.

Moving Forward

I think this course has helped me plan out my writing better and ahead of time. I have noticed that I also procrastinate less because I know it is hard to focus on the weekends doing homework when people are loud. That being said, I try to get my work done ahead of time. This will benefit me in the long run because working ahead will give me more time to do other assignments. Therefore, I will not be overwhelmed as much as I was in the beginning of the semester. 

This course will help me in my career because I will need to write and plan things out as a dietician or as a French Teacher. Considering that I have decided to change my major, I think that me being able to plan better will be more beneficial to my career. It is important as a teacher to plan the lessons ahead of time. Also, it is important to teach planning ahead to my students in order for them to be successful in their studies as well. I know that time management is easier said than done. Especially if procrastination is a learned habit, time management is hard to adopt. However, I hope that my experience in English 109H will help me and my future clients/students as well.

Reflection on Project 3

Reflection on Project 3

In this blog post post, I will provide short but detailed answers to the nine items in the numbered list on Writing Public Lives page 520, and I will directly quote from your project where appropriate.

What was specifically revised from one draft to another?

I mostly revised my visual elements between drafts. For my rough draft, I was presenting in front of a blank wall. It would be more beneficial and personal if I filmed in a more personal space. This works better for my final draft because it allows the reader to feel as if I am just like them. Additionally, I added questions to appear on the screen that were the same questions that I posed to the audience. I think this was a good addition because in case the viewer missed hearing me say that, it is provided for them. It also provides some visual variety. For this same reason, I added graphs and images related to childhood obesity in order to break up the video. I felt like the reader might get bored or distracted from my video if they only had to pay attention to me talking the entire time.

Point to global changes: how did you reconsider your thesis or organization?

I did not need to reconsider my thesis. I think I needed to focus more on organization. Due to the limited visual elements that I provided, I think I needed more in order to improve my organization. I think my visuals help with the organization because it breaks up my video into segments instead of it being one video of me only talking.

What led you to these changes? A reconsideration of audience? A shift in purpose?

I reconsidered my audience because I pretended to be them. As I watched my video, I realized that my personal story stands out the most. However, I got bored of just staring at myself talking. The addition of my visual elements helps with my organization and helps keep my audience's attention.

How do these changes affect your credibility as an author?

These changes emphasize my credibility as an author because not only do I have experience in childhood obesity, but these changes help my video look more professionally done. Due to the professionalism of my video, the audience could deem me as even more credible. I think that this helps my credibility as well because if the video is well put together then it is also easier to focus on the information that is provided.

Auregann. "OpenYourMind.png" 6/9/12 via Wikimedia Commons.
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Point to local changes: how did you reconsider sentence structure and style?

I had to reconsider the length of my video. My video was almost three minutes long, and I felt as if the video was strenuous to watch. In order to make it less strenuous, I made my wording more concise and I added the visual elements which acted like a page break. This gave my video spacing and allowed for better transitioning.

How will these changes assist your audience in understanding your purpose?

These changes will assist my audience in understanding my purpose because they will be able to maintain focused on the context. The shortened video will keep their attention, and the transitions/pictures will create a variety of visual elements for the viewer which will hopefully better hold their attention.

Did you have to reconsider the conventions of the particular genre in which you are writing?

Yes, I had to reconsider the conventions of the particular genre in which I am writing. I had to reconsider how I needed to add the questions to appear on the video. I was unsure how to do this in my previous draft, but I made sure to add it in the final draft. Lastly, I needed to change my background to something more personal. In the first example of my genre, the woman is in a clothing store. Even though this doesn't relate to her topic, it provides the audience with a better insight on her own life. It is almost as if she is inviting us in for a sneak preview. I also wanted to convey this in my work. Therefore, I recorded myself in an everyday surrounding.

Finally, how does the process of reflection help you reconsider your identity as a writer?

The process of reflection helps me feel more confident. The fact that other writers also have to answer these questions is so reassuring to me. I feel like everyone has edit their work, but reflecting helps me grasp why I did everything that I did. Sometimes I think that people edit their work without purpose, but reflection helps you reevaluate your own editing. This helps in the long run because if you don't think that it helped your writing in any way, then there if more work to be done. Overall, reflection gives me more confidence as a writer because it helps me consolidate in myself that I do write with purpose, reason, and appeal to an audience.

Publishing Public Argument

Publishing Public Argument

In this blog post, I am going to review my own final draft of my Project 3: Public Argument.

You can access the final draft of my Project 3: Public Argument on YouTube HERE.

McCracken, Nicole. "Fight Childhood Obesity." 3/2906 via flickr. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

1. Mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience currently stands on the issue (before reading/watching/hearing your argument) below:

←-------------------------------------------------x---|--------------------------------------------------------->

Strongly                                            Totally neutral                                                    Strongly

agree                                                                                                                          disagree

2. Now mark with an "x" where you feel your target audience should be (after they've read/watched/heard your argument) below:

←---------------------x-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------->

Strongly                                            Totally neutral                                                    Strongly

agree     

                                                                                                                    disagree

3. Check one (and only one) of the argument types below for your public argument:

         _______ My public argument establishes an original pro position on an issue of debate.

         _______ My public argument establishes an original con position on an issue of debate.

         _______ My public argument clarifies the causes for a problem that is being debated.

         ___x____ My public argument proposes a solution for a problem that is being debated.

         _______ My public argument positively evaluate a specific solution or policy under debate (and clearly identifies the idea I'm supporting).

         _______ My public argument openly refutes a specific solution or policy under debate (and clearly identifies the idea I'm refuting).

4. Briefly explain how your public argument doesn’t simply restate information from other sources, but provides original context and insight into the situation:

My public argument doesn’t simply restate information from other sources because I use my own personal experience of childhood obesity as the main focus of my public argument. I think that my experience connects the real world to the context and that it gives insight in the reality of childhood obesity. I hope that parents are able to take my personal experience and struggle into consideration as they view my video. I think that my experience gives me credibility as well.

5. Identify the specific rhetorical appeals you believe you've employed in your public argument below:

Ethical or credibility-establishing appeals

                    ___x__ Telling personal stories that establish a credible point-of-view

                    ___x__ Referring to credible sources (established journalism, credentialed experts, etc.)

                    __x___ Employing carefully chosen keywords or phrases that demonstrate you are credible (proper terminology, strong but clear vocabulary, etc.)

                    __x___ Adopting a tone that is inviting and trustworthy rather than distancing or alienating

                    ___x__ Arranging visual elements properly (not employing watermarked images, cropping images carefully, avoiding sloppy presentation)

                    ___x__ Establishing your own public image in an inviting way (using an appropriate images of yourself, if you appear on camera dressing in a warm or friendly or professional manner, appearing against a background that’s welcoming or credibility-establishing)

                    ___x__ Sharing any personal expertise you may possess about the subject (your identity as a student in your discipline affords you some authority here)

                    _____ Openly acknowledging counterarguments and refuting them intelligently

                    __x___ Appealing openly to the values and beliefs shared by the audience (remember that the website/platform/YouTube channel your argument is designed for helps determine the kind of audience who will encounter your piece)

                    _____ Other: 

Emotional appeals

                    __x___ Telling personal stories that create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    _____ Telling emotionally compelling narratives drawn from history and/or the current culture

                    _____ Employing the repetition of keywords or phrases that create an appropriate emotional impact

                    __x___ Employing an appropriate level of formality for the subject matter (through appearance, formatting, style of language, etc.)

                    __x___ Appropriate use of humor for subject matter, platform/website, audience

                    ___x__ Use of “shocking” statistics in order to underline a specific point

                    ___x__ Use of imagery to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    __x___ Employing an attractive color palette that sets an appropriate emotional tone (no clashing or ‘ugly’ colors, no overuse of too many variant colors, etc.)

                    _____ Use of music to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    _____ Use of sound effects to create an appropriate emotional impact for the debate

                    __x__ Employing an engaging and appropriate tone of voice for the debate

                    _____ Other: 

Logical or rational appeals

                    _____ Using historical records from credible sources in order to establish precedents, trends, or patterns

                    __x___ Using statistics from credible sources in order to establish precedents, trends, or patterns

                    _____ Using interviews from stakeholders that help affirm your stance or position

                    __x___ Using expert opinions that help affirm your stance or position

                    __x___ Effective organization of elements, images, text, etc.

                    __x___ Clear transitions between different sections of the argument (by using title cards, interstitial music, voiceover, etc.)

                    __x___ Crafted sequencing of images/text/content in order to make linear arguments

                    ___x__ Intentional emphasis on specific images/text/content in order to strengthen argument

                    ___x__ Careful design of size/color relationships between objects to effectively direct the viewer’s attention/gaze (for visual arguments)

                    _____ Other: 

6. Below, provide us with working hyperlinks to THREE good examples of the genre you've chosen to write in. These examples can come from Blog Post 11.3 or they can be new examples. But they should all come from the same specific website/platform and should demonstrate the conventions for your piece:

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3

Reflection on Project 3 Draft

Reflection on Project 3 Draft

In this blog post, I am going to reflect on my Project 3 Draft. 

I peer reviewed Jovanka Potkonjak's and Carrie Belle Kent's rough drafts.

1. Who reviewed your Project 3 rough draft?

Jovanka Potkonjak and Carrie Belle Kent reviewed my Project 3 rough draft.

2. What did you think and/or feel about the feedback you received? Be explicit and clear.
Tell me what helped or what confused you about the feedback you got.

Joki's feedback helped me open up my eyes. I think that her comments were very straightforward in how she openly told me that I seemed unsure of what to say for certain things. In these places I think that I could provide some logos in order to fill in the gaps and explain my points more clearly. I could even give a picture of a graph to break it up and so I don't just pause out of nowhere. I really liked how she made little comments like that that could help me add more information to support my argument.

I really liked how Carrie Belle Kent had a lot of positivity. I think that she helped me very well with my questions that I had asked on my blog post. The things that she mentioned, I had already planned on adjusting because they seemed to lack in this category. I liked how she offered me many creative ways to approach my project. I thought this was very helpful because I tend to limit my creativity sometimes because I think that it is a school project so that it needs to be more serious.

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3. What aspects of Project 3 need to most work going forward [Audience, Purpose, Argumentation, or Genre]? How do you plan on addressing these areas? 

I need to work on my argumentation and genre the most. My argumentation is just missing some of the gaps. For instance, Joki said that I wasn't sure what to say for some things. In this case, I could add some logos (information) in order to fill the blank space. I also think that the visuals could help here as well that might also add some logos. For instance, I think that graphs would be suitable because I could provide information and give a change of visual from merely myself.

As for Genre, I need to totally fix my background, sounds, and visuals. Firstly, I need to YouTube "How to add words to iMovie" because I want to have the questions that I address come across the screen. Moreover, I need to change my location to something more personal than a wall. I think that my dorm room or outside on steps or sitting would be lovely because this could create a more personal connection with the viewers than just a blank wall. I also want to add pictures and graphs about childhood obesity to come across the screen. I think that this would help develop my genre because it would make it more visually appealing to the audience.

4. How are you feeling overall about the direction of your project after peer review and/or instructor conferences this week?

I am feeling very confident. I think that Carrie Belle said something along the lines of my project being almost perfect. It is on the verge of being great, and it just needs some minor adjustments. From our conference, I feel like my project has a very strong foundation. I think that I just need to add a few minor details that will make my project seem great! I hope that these adjustments will be enough. However, I think that the adjustments that I make will have a great impact on my project. 

Draft of Public Argument

Draft of Public Argument

In this blog post, I am going to provide the link to my YouTube of my advice column video on childhood obesity.

The video can be accessed here. I noticed that it is not playing for some reason. I tried reuploading it, and it still didn't work so please let me know if you have that issue as well. I also added the script further down so that you can at least see the content of my work. I also asked some questions about my personal appearance and background, which you can see if you open my video even if it doesn't play.

I would like to know if I did a good job explaining each of the questions thoroughly. I want to make sure that I give good answers to the questions that are posed, but I do not want to make it too long or too elaborate.

I want my audience of parents to feel at ease while watching my video. I do not want them to feel as if I am telling them that everything that they are doing is wrong. I want them to know the alternatives in their ways in order to help the cause of childhood obesity.

Sutherland, Zen. "graffiti under patton bridge obese." 4/5/09 via flickr.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

I was confused in how to introduce and conclude my video. I was not sure if my introduction might serve as a better conclusion or my conclusion might serve as a better introduction. I tend to have this issue a lot so I want to make sure that I do it.

In the video, I presented off of my computer with a green wall behind me. I also wore glasses and no makeup. Do I need to dress up fancier?

I also was unsure if I should add the questions on the screen? I think it would be best to add them, which I need to figure out how to add them on iMovie.

I also want to know about music. Was it too distracting to play during the entire video? Should I only play it in the beginning and have it fade in and then and the end and fade out.

Do I need to had an intro slide at the beginning? As in make a title/introduction slide?

I want to add more researched information, but I don't know how much that I can add because my video is already almost 3 minutes. Do I need to shorten my video? HELP PLEASE :)

These questions are common questions that seem to have appeared in the research that I have done. Should I maybe interview parents and get their insight instead of basing the questions off of my research? Also, is the order of my questions good?

My questions that that I will be addressing are listed below. Here is also a link to the script I used for my video.

1. If there are limited resources available to our community, how can I provide my family with healthier options?
2. How does what my husband and I eat impact my child’s diet?
3. How can I still cook ethnic cuisine, but make it healthier for my child?

Considering Visual Elements

Considering Visual Elements

In this blog post, I am going to utilize the book in order to help me consider the best visual elements for my genre of an advice column video on childhood obesity.

The background for my project be plain white wall because it is more important to hear the content that I am discussing. I do not think that I need to be anywhere specific because I think that it is more important for my audience to pay attention to me and not get distracted by the background. In an example that I watched of my genre, the woman talking was in a clothing store. She blurred the mannequin so that it would not be a distraction. However, I prefer the white wall because it will guarantee that the viewer is only looking at me. There is somewhat of a limitation with my visual choices because of the genre I'm writing in. I feel like it is important to hold the audience’s attention.

It will be useful to include graphs or even though they weren’t included in the examples that I watched. I think it would be useful to include graphs because it will be important to show how childhood obesity has skyrocketed. Also, I could use these graphs to show the correlations between childhood obesity and other instances/situations that I will address.

Watz, Marius. "Live visuals, Club Transmediale." 2/5/05 via flickr. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

Pauses in my voice will function as blocks of text because I am creating a video. The pauses in my voice will allow the reader to collect their thoughts and possibly form their own opinion based on the information that I provided prior to the pause. If I did not include a pause in my voice, then the audience might feel overwhelmed by the content that I am providing them.

The images will be in very close proximity to the argument because they are sources of evidence. For example, the graphs are evidence and support to my argument. Also, myself as an image provides the ethos to my argument. Lastly, the images that I create verbally will help appeal to the viewer’s pathos.

At this point, I have not totally thought about image sequencing, but I just plan on putting them right before, during, or after discussing the topic that the image relates to. I think that it would be very important to add images in the beginning and the end of my video because it will leave a mark on the viewer. In the beginning, it will draw the viewer’s attention. At the end, it will leave the reader an image to remember my argument and to keep them thinking about my argument.

The theme produced by the images could be relevant to the theme as a whole depending on what images I decide to use. If I use graphs, that would help appeal to logos because it is informational. If I use images of obese or ill children, then it will appeal to the pathos of the audience. If I just focus on myself, then I will appeal to the audience’s ethos. However, my main appeal is pathos because I think that my opinions on this will bring about emotions of change and urgency.

Reflection

I read Lia Ossanna's blog post. I also was unsure of some small detail. For example, I was not sure about the amount of images I should use or how I should be presented. I think that the visuals she chose work best for her because newspapers can be creative but they have a pretty standard format to follow. Overall, good job explaining what she intended to use her visuals for.

I read Jovanka Potkonjak's blog post. I think that she did a very thorough job explaining each visual element. I like how she mentioned about the blank space helping to break up your text. For instance, I used pauses between my sentences in order to space out my sentences. I like how there is a similar connection between our visuals so I know I am doing something right. I think her project is going to be hard to do on a computer. It would be so cool if she wrote out an actual letter and maybe made it look like a legit hand-written letter? That might give it some deeper depth. She could do this if you scanned it maybe?

Project 3 Outline

Project 3 Outline

In this blog post, I am going to create my outline for Project 3 with the guidance of Writing Public Lives.

Introduction

I think framing the consequences will be the best way to approach my introduction. I want my audience to feel a sense of urgency. I want my audience to not want their children to have to suffer with obesity. Therefore, framing the consequences will serve as an attention getter and influencer for the parents to tune into my argument!

Supporting Paragraphs

Major Supporting Arguments

• Child obesity leads to a variety of chronic disease
• Obese children are more likely to be bullied
• Obese children are more likely to remain obese at an older age
• Low-income families with less resources are more likely to have obese children
• Parents' eating habits influence their children's eating habits

Major Criticisms

• Many unhealthy foods are cultural and traditional
• Not all healthy food resources are available to everyone

Key Support & Rebuttal Points

• Child obesity leads to a variety of chronic diseases.
• Parents' eating habits influence their children's eating habits
• Many unhealthy foods are cultural and traditional
• Not all healthy food resources are available to everyone

Tentative Topic Sentences & Evidence

• Child obesity leads to a variety of chronic diseases, and I know parents do not want to jeopardize their own child's health.
• Cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes

Corps, Robin. "Mr America." 12/20/06 via flickr. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

• It is important to cook healthy meals because parents' eating habits influence their children's eating habits.
• Maternal representations of their children were associated with feeding beliefs; Balanced mothers were most likely to demonstrate high authority in child feeding; Distorted mothers were least likely to demonstrate confidence in child feeding; Disengaged mothers were least likely to demonstrate investment in child feeding; Balanced mothers were least likely to pressure their children to eat.
• Familial characteristics varied according to obesity status in the expected direction with a greater proportion of obese children in lower income/education households, and in households with 2 obese parents (defined using BMI or waist circumference). 

• Due to many unhealthy foods being cultural and traditional, it is hard to completely remove them from our diets. However, it is possible to eat them in moderation.
• Replacing sugary drinks with milk can help decrease the chance of children developing obesity


• "Hispanic children are disproportionately burdened with obesity and related risk factors by early childhood, with non-exclusive breastfeeding, early introduction to solid foods, insufficient sleep, increased screen time, and higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages contributing to racial/ethnic differences in childhood obesity prevalence."




• Some communities do not have all of the resources, such as, fresh produce convenient for them, but there are other methods and options that can be implemented.
• Obese children more often lived in neighborhoods characterised by high disadvantage and by the proximity to ≥1 convenience stores.

Map of My Argument

The map of my argument can be accessed in the link above or here.

Conclusion

For my conclusion, I will use a call to action because I want to explain to my reader how they can address this issue of childhood obesity. For example, I will give an image of a fat America. More specifically, I can use an example of Walle the movie where everyone was obese. Furthermore, I could make it more personal and create an image of their obese child. By appealing to pathos in my conclusion, I will bring the parents to action in order to prevent childhood obesity from increasing!

Analyzing My Genre

Analyzing My Genre

In this blog post, I am going to analyze my genre by addressing questions about social context, rhetorical patterns of the genre,  and then I will analyze these patterns and context. Below are five examples of my genre.

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
• Example 4
• Example 5

Social Context

My genre of an advice column video is typically set on Parents.com. The subject of the genre is parenting that revolves around childhood obesity. This genre is used when parents or people in general are in need of help. In this case, this genre would help parents that are unsure of how to properly rear their children. This genre is used because parents/people need advice sometimes in order to proceed with life. A lot of people want others' help in order to approach a situation because they are not sure if their method is the right method. The purpose of an advice column video is to inform, advise, and assist people in ways to approach a situation.

Rhetorical Patterns of the Genre

The content included in this genre is typically questions from the parents, researched information, and personal advice, opinions, and approaches to the questions that are posed. The content that is excluded is a lot of research information. I have noticed that a lot of people who have created these videos do not only state typically only information. Most include opinions too. Therefore, I need to make sure I do not only write about researched information.

Pathos is used most often because the person speaking is trying to appeal to the parents' emotions in order to draw them to take action for their children. Also, ethos is used because by presenting myself in the video as knowledgable and well-dressed person comfortably talking about the topic will build my ethos. Lastly, I will use logos by stating some doctors' claims or some shocking statistics in order to convince the reader that there is researched information in order to support my opinions.

Giannuzzi, Stefania. "CIA DE FOTO" 10/31/08 via flickr. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

Most of the videos introduce the speaker, address questions, give their voice on theses questions and utilize scientific information to support it. They all conclude by giving the parents some motivation and confidence to help their children.

I do not think the sentences in this genre share a certain style. However, I feel like they are active because they want to advise the audience to DO something. Also, there is an abundance of questions because the parents pose the questions, and the questions are later addressed.

The word choice is casual and informal. The word choice should not make any parent feel dumb or uneducated because they might feel that they just do not want to listen to it in effect to that. I think that it is important to address everyone and make everyone feel comfortable. I do not want to sound too formal or academic because I might bore others.

Analyze What those Patterns Reveal about the Social Context of the Genre

The genre includes parents and children. The genre excludes people that do not associate with children or people that will not be looking to have children. This advice column video encourages people to take action and to address their child-raising strategies. I think this genre is looking to help people that are struggling in their current situation. It is assumed that they are parents that are concerned about their children. This genre is looking to address the issues that parents are having with their children nutrition. It is assumed that these parents care about their children's health. Lastly, the genre treats experiences as the most valuable because people can learn from what other people have gone through. If people can share their experiences, it makes it easier for others to follow it because they know that it has worked for someone. I think that it least values scientific information because scientists can provide that almost everything we do is unhealthy. However, it is important to address this genre while appealing to the interests of the audience and not only science.

Reflection

I read Jovanka Potkonjak's blog post. Even though hers seemed very simple and straightforward, she seems to have it put together how she is going to set it up rhetorically. I like how she broke apart the letter into separate components and described how and why. I never looked into a letter so thoroughly prior to reading her blog post. However, I noticed that she accomplishes a very successful method and genre in creating her argument. My own post seems to be detailed in the same sense as hers because we both are choosing simple genres, but we are both going to effective description.

I read Austin See's blog post. His genre is a little different than I expected only because a lot of people are doing videos or different creative things. However, I think that his genre suits his topic best! He is taking this project in a very direct approach which I think could be easier for him because like he said in his reflection that the creative ideas were "rather hard". I agree with him there because I actually have to dress up and look nice. Whereas, he could be writing his genre while in your pj's. Overall, I think his genre will be effective for his political topic!