A Wray of Sunshine

Lover of good food, good books, coffee, cats, and The Office.

[kastraub]

Original Content #3

peer feedback: where can we help?

I would love some specific feedback for question number two. It talks about an experience where we collaborate with peers to complete a writing project. I did end up answering this by talking about a writing project that I complete in my specific major classes, which is also a great representation of what my future career will look like. do you think that that is appropriate? Or is this question specifically asking to answer it based on the writing project we have completed in just this course. Because of the professors emphasis on using these skills in our future career I wanted to include that in this specific question especially so I would love to hear what my peers are doing to answer this question specifically. Thank you in advance for your help.

[awrayofsunshine]

For this question, I am using an example of writing from this specific course. I plan on highlighting a piece of my content analysis that I shared with peers for feedback and how I incorporated that feedback into my final draft. I believe I saw a response on another peer's Check-In post from Dr. P saying we should use an example from this course. Hope this helps!

[lmacdougall]

Original Content Writing 2 - Week 15

Peer feedback: where can we help?

I am struggling a bit with my response to question #2 because we did not do any group projects in this class. In my answer, I explained how we used Tumblr to ask for and give feedback, but I am not sure if I should add another different example or if my answer is sufficient for the question that was asked.

[awrayofsunshine]

Maybe you could add some specific details about a piece of peer review. Something like "while composing a data analysis of social media data, I sought input from peers. They provided input and opinions on my data graphs, ensuring my graphing could be easily read and understood." That's just an example -- you could change the project and/or the specific example. Hope this helps!

[lmacdougall]

Original Content Writing 3 - Week 15

Peer feedback: where can we help?

For question #4, I decided to use my how to write guide as an example of a situation where I worked creatively within a writing genre to complete a project. I gave a quick explanation of the purpose of the guide and how I creatively designed it in a way that enhanced the content. However, I am wondering if I should add a more in-depth description of the project?

[awrayofsunshine]

I think you have a great start here! To add to your response, you could describe some of the specific creative decisions you made when creating your how to write guide - layout, colors, graphics you choose, etc. You could also explain why specifically you made some of those decisions.

[awrayofsunshine]

Reflecting on my Reflection

Where will you adjust your Content Learning Reflection to strengthen your point?

When I began drafting my Reflection, I jotted down a list of examples from my pieces of writing for this course that reflects what each question was asking for. I then wrote out the draft into the answer/"essay" format. During my revision, I have been working through my draft, editing for grammar and spelling. More importantly, I have been looking for ways to add to my examples, making them more specific or more descriptive.

[awrayofsunshine]

Writing process

What are you most proud of with your writing process?

During this course, I improved my writing process in a few ways. Incorporating the elements of the web writing rhetorical analysis has helped me thinking about the audience of my writing, the context, design, and style in of all of my writing. These concepts have become great concepts to use during my revision process -- checking to see if my writing uses these concepts, and uses them correctly.

[awrayofsunshine]

Thursday Check-In

What questions about writing skill development do you have?

@npfannen

How do I describe or list the writing skills that I have learned in this course to future employers? I tend to struggle a bit with describing my writing skills in detail.

[awrayofsunshine]

Liking learning

What do you like most about your learning?

The thing that I like the best about my style of learning is my ability to utilize material that I learn in one course in other courses (or outside of school). Professionally, I write multiple emails every day. The skills and techniques that I have learned in this course have been used in composing emails to my clients. Thinking about concepts like audience and discourse community while writing has improved my communication skills. I have used those same skills in writing projects for other courses this semester.

[arianadoesdesign]

Original Content (3/3) - Week 14

Share a section of your Design Project content. What is the work of this sample? How can we help you revise?

I have mainly been having trouble making the angry responses and the company responses different. Most of them sound the same and I feel like need some branching out. What could I do to make them different? Is it the word choice? Is it how much emotion some of the fans need? Does the company’s responses sound sincere or do they sound like they are downplaying the fan's emotions? 

I would also like to know if you have any tips or ways you try to make the angry fan posts and company responses not sound too similar to one another.

[awrayofsunshine]

I think your posts sound really good! A few of your "angry fans" posts mention cliffhangers or similar wording. Perhaps including specific details of the cliffhanger would add variation. One fan could mention "the outcome of the big fight" or "will so and so get married?" Those are just examples, you could change to fit the genre of your show. to add variety into the TV Movie Studio responses, maybe the studio could direct fans to another TV of a similar genre or with a same actor/actress?

[awrayofsunshine]

Dr P Game

We are at the end of the semester - share images of your favorite part of the last weeks of a semester.

Two of my favorite things about ending a semester -- giving my brain a break and having time to relax and receiving my (hopefully good) grades.

[lmacdougall]

Original Content Writing 3

Share a section of your Design Project content. What is the work of this sample? How can we help you revise? 

TV Movie Studio Co. cancellation post: We are very sorry to announce that the critically acclaimed sci-fi fantasy show, Favorite Show, will not be continuing with a third season. We are sad to say that there was not enough viewership or interest to continue with this show.

Angry Fan post: I'm so sad that we’ll never get to see how the budding romance plays out. @TVMovieStudioCo. how could you take this away from us so soon? (ToT) #FavoriteShow #EndedTooSoon

TV Movie Studio Co. response post: We regret that it had to end so soon and wish that you could see it play out until the end, but unfortunately the show simply isn’t successful enough to keep it running.

For this interaction, the angry fan post shows one of the features that the audience was invested in and was not able to see the end of. In this case, I found it hard to think of ways that the movie company could make up for the cancellation, and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how to respond in a better way?

[awrayofsunshine]

I think your cancellation post and responses are well-crafted. The use of hashtags adds realism to your posts and would allow fans to connect with each other over the cancellation of Favorite Show. Perhaps, TV Movie Studio Co could point fans to another similar show in their response, or one that features an actor/actress from Favorite Show.

[awrayofsunshine]

Design content help request #2

Share a section of your Design Project content. What is the work of this sample? How can we help you revise?

These will be designed as Facebook posts. In addition to that design element, what multimodal elements would work with these posts? I was thinking memes or graphics that relate to elements in the posts - in the fantasy genre of the show for some of the posts.

Do you think it would be better to include the responses from TV Movie Studio Co directly under the Fan posts?

[awrayofsunshine]

Content help request #1

Share a section of your Design Project content. What is the work of this sample? How can we help you revise?

My Favorite Show is a fantasy tv show, based off novels that have a large fanbase - I envisioned a mix of Game of Thrones and the book A Court of Thorns and Roses. I'm wondering what elements/details I can include in the posts (particularly the fan posts) to improve them and add more variation. I am planning on designing these as Facebook posts.

[awrayofsunshine]

Turkey-week check-in!

What assignment questions do you have that will help you complete and revise successfully?

@npfannen

In our revised design project part 2, what design elements would you like to see? Because I'm utilizing Facebook, I was thinking about adding memes or graphics that relate to some of the posts.

Is this what you had in mind?

[yufeiii-0304]

original post(2/3)

My favorite TV show is Game of Thrones. Although it was an epic fantasy series, the final season caused a massive fan backlash for its hasty plot development. It made me realize that angry fans often stem from disappointed high expectations and a deep affection for the characters and the story. In this project, I was able to draw on the experience of the show's production team to alleviate fan discontent by explaining the reasons for the decision, releasing undisclosed behind-the-scenes content, and promising to improve future productions. This strategy will not only calm emotions, but also rebuild trust and expectations with the audience.

[awrayofsunshine]

My "Favorite Show" for this project was loosely based off of Game of Thrones. I felt that it was a great show to draw inspiration from because of the reaction and backlash to the series finale. It was such a huge show that it felt like everyone was watching it and everyone was upset with the ending.

I was pretty disappointed about the ending, too. But, that didn't stop me from being excited to watch House of the Dragon each week. I'm not sure if that's from the production team's explanations after GoT, or because the content is so interesting and compelling.

[awrayofsunshine]

Feeling the Fandom

Share an example of your favorite television show or movie - how does that show/movie help you work through this project and understand angry fandom?

Two of my favorite shows are Game of Thrones and (at one time) The Walking Dead. Neither were cancelled abruptly, but I drew on being a part of those fandoms as inspiration for this project. Both shows have HUGE fandoms and lots of super fans.

I remember a time where it seemed like everyone I knew would watch the shows and talk about it the next day. Or, fans would take to social media right away to share their feelings about events, and especially shocking character deaths. There were times during both shows where I felt so angry about a favorite character being killed or a crazy event happening. Recalling that feeling helped me when I was writing the post from angry fans.

[cararenee652-deactivated2024123]

Original Content Writing pt1 

Q: explain the appeal of long youtube videos (10+ minutes), why do viewers watch? How do the creators make choices to engage the audience?

A: Longer youtube videos can be interesting for several reasons. Informative videos like a how to do video can gain a lot of interest for people starting new hobbies or for people who are trying to fix something themselves. My dad likes to watch videos on how to fix cars or if one of our cars has something wrong he’ll use videos to help him. Easy to find videos can help with engagement on longer videos like “how to fix this part on a car.” 

[awrayofsunshine]

I agree, how to videos are commonly longer than 10 minutes, especially for things like working on or fixing a car. I learned how to change my headlight bulb with a youtube video. Depending on the task, I have also seen how to's less than 10 minutes long, but if the instructional video is too short, important steps or details can be missed. I would rather have a slightly longer video with detailed instructions so I don't have to guess or watch the video over and over again.

[convicthammerfan42]

Rules for Writing Tumblr Posts

I may not be the most knowledgeable on writing Tumblr posts, but I believe my time in this class along with the knowledge I had previously can help me find rules and guidelines for creating a post on this website. Use tags! Tumblr has no proper algorithm the same way many other social media websites do, so tags will help your posts gain visibility. Many Tumblr users will follow tags, and posts in those tags will appear on their feed. Reblog! Reblogging is a good way for a post to reach an audience. You can even reblog your own post if you want to help it regain visibility. These two things are very important when it comes to writing your Tumblr posts!

[awrayofsunshine]

I think both of your style rules for Tumblr posts are great! When I was thinking of mine, I didn't even think about reblogging. I can totally understand how reblogs can get posts in front of other viewers who may then become a follower. I'm sure the more active a user is on tumblr, the more users they interact with.

Tags are also a great idea, I really like the way Tumblr uses hashtags and they feel like they have real use on this platform.