This is the final post required by my English 100 class, and I will definitely miss every minute of it. For this last post, Dr. Mangini asked us what our final portfolio says about us as writers. Honestly though, I don't think I know. I don't think like normal people, and I don't look at things like other people. I have no idea what other people see when they look at my blog, but I can tell you what I think might shine though.
First off, I think it proves that kids should never be underestimated. By just about anybody's standards, I'm just a kid, though you'd never know that as I walk down a college hallway, books in hand. So, I don't want to underestimate kids any longer. Secondly, I think that I was able to let my personality show though my blog posts. I don't quite know how well though. Recently, my professor told my that I seem to be really serious in my writing, which I understand, but it's hard to throw jokes into academic writing, more so, I think, when you have a sarcastic sense of humor. Most of the jokes I wanted to add in. I figured I might make some of my readers mad or that I'd get my professor upset if I threw a bunch of sarcasm into my writing. Third, I think that my portfolio shows my ability to adapt in my writing, I can work with most genres and I can try different styles as I write. In my private writing, I have done quite a few spoken word pieces, many poems, lots of fiction, critiques, editorials, and much more. On my blog, I tend to stick with more conversational, opinionated, non-fiction pieces. That is the normal for blogging. On my website, I have three major papers, one informative narration piece, an argumentative piece, and a creative non-fictional piece. After writing this post, I think I've kind of figured out what my portfolio is saying, but they're is still a lot that I'm just not sure about. Comment below, and tell me what it is you've found out about me though my blog, maybe you're somebody who knows me and you were able to get a new look at my perspective and my outlook, maybe you're somebody who has never met me, but you are in one of Dr. Mangini's classes, and you have noticed that I have always done my work or that I always have my work done on time, so you think I'm diligent, but you've also noticed that I post my work the day it's due, so you also think I'm someone who procrastinates. That's okay, anything you want, anything you've noticed, throw it in the comments, I'm more than happy to read about it. Now, maybe you're someone who found my website by chance, or through a friend, and you just liked what I have to say, but you might disagree with some of my views, let me know, throw it in the comments. Finally, if you just have any questions for me or anything that you want to ask me, could be about interests, classes, blogging, my life, my opinions, my favorite foods or YouTubers or anything, ask me any questions you want, throw it in the comments. You don't even have to put your real name or email or anything. I don't plan on taking down my website, and I don't plan to stop blogging. Ask anything you want and check back to see if I've replied. If you want, you can email me at [email protected], or you can head over to the contact form and ask your questions there, whatever you want. Talk with me, I want to end this semester on a high note, and I want to hear from my audience. Let me know what you think, and if you're not asking a question, and you're just commenting about something you liked, or didn't, the only thing I ask is that you are honest, even if you think I wouldn't want you to comment because you're only going to say what you didn't like, I definitely want to hear that, I want to know if there is anything you guys think I should change, or things that I should keep. Let me know. Good luck with finals and enjoy the end of the semester everybody!
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Out of all the blogging I did this semester, which blog posts do I consider to be my best?
My Writer's Round Table In this particular blog post, I just seemed to have a lot of fun with it. I am someone who likes to read, especially when it has a lot of little quotes you can remember and keep with you. I liked how I was able to be really creative with it, and just write for me. I didn't realize that I was making mine really long compared to my classmate's posts, so I actually posted this one later than I should have. I think it was well written and has a very well developed storyline though. This I Believe I feel like this post was (re-written) for me. It told my story, and it gave a very accurate representation of what I believe. I like how it shares my story and tells how I believe in myself, as always, its pretty well written, strong vocabulary, the works, but it's really just honest and true and its me. I was passionate about what I wrote, and I was proud of what I wrote as well. Transitioning to college To be honest, I like this post for a lot of the same reasons as I like the This I Believe Post. I had re-written it for me, told my story, it tells how I believe in myself and my abilities, obviously well written, honest, passionate, and proud. More so with the Transitioning to College and the My Writer's round table, I feel like my audience confirmed my beliefs that these were some of my best posts. My audience was very attentive, and they were able to have a conversation based off what I wrote. Finally, I really like that I left a prompt for my writers in the This I Believe and the Transitioning to College posts, even if they never wrote publically or even privately, my audience was able to think and question themselves because of prompts I left at the end. So, as I'm looking back on my writing process for both the Room for Debate and the One-Semester Memoir Assignments, I've realized that my writing process has looked pretty much the same throughout the entire year. Sure, there were a few times when I would do some writing on my phone in the car, or write stuff down in a notebook between classes to be typed up later, but for the most part, it's just me, my dad's laptop, and our comfy blue couch. Sometimes a blanket or a snack will join into the mix, but that's about it. I don't usually like to write with other people around, because I'm a social butterfly, so I would spend all of my time talking and none of it writing. For the most part, I learn about the assignment in class and start writing down my ideas on paper. In between classes, I'll develop my ideas a bit more, or write notes to myself explaining my thought process so that I don't have to stare blankly at my notes trying to figure out what the heck I meant. The thing about me is that my mind is in at least ten different places when I'm calm, when I'm busy, it seems to be in about thirty different places. So, unless I've written notes on my notes, I'll usually have no idea what's going on. For once, I don't have much more to say, but I think I've done a pretty good job of being honest, taking creative risks, and just throwing my voice into the assignments. I'm proud of my writing, and I hope that my audience can see that.
In preparation of our memoir, we were asked to create at least two poems that had been created by past blog posts. Found poetry is seemingly difficult at first, but once you’ve begun, it becomes easier and easier. There are four main styles of found poetry, but I personally have taken the approach of free-form excerpting and remixing, which is where you look throughout multiple excerpts and choose specific words and phrases, then order them in any way you choose to create a poem that makes sense.
For this blog post, I have chosen to use the first three blog posts required for the class. Why I Write My Writing Process My Writer’s Round Table I can write I write for me I think to myself I look back I concentrate I think far ahead I decided I never thought twice I had written A choice of wording a few minutes my thoughts and knowledge it felt empowering an entire page filled hanging onto every word a sense of accomplishment more extravagant I have always been a writer |
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