Julia L.

I’m still navigating the Tumblr universe so don’t mind me :) this is my last semester before the “big girl” adventures begin 😭#writ318mu

[imanipr]

What I'm excited about this project?

I'm excited to dig deep into this topic of content creators. I think when you are on social media, you don't see why you are intrigued with the content creator. You just like their video because it made you laugh and you are interested in seeing the creator more on your fyp. I often think when I like and keep up with an influence I do sometimes emulate their ways in a positive way because it is something I inspire or may want.

[julialong183]

This is a great way to look at it! I think that oftentimes we just go about our day in a speedy fashion, we should be looking at the little details!

[meg-hockeylover64]

What are your ideas/suggestions for graphing your data so it's reported in multiple, meaningful ways?

My ideas when graphing my data would be pointing out the strongest pieces (that are important) and sticking them together with the other pieces from my other content creators. I want to make sure I find a connection in everything as best as I can.

[julialong183]

I think this is a great way to graph data! It is really important for those to stick out the most and being able to find a connection is another important piece of it as well.

[julialong183]

What do I like about my learning

I think that I like the fact that I wouldn't have thought about this kind of stuff on my own. Of course I am always thinking about the best way to get my point across and that includes knowing my audience and the different kinds of ways to interact with them, but I wouldn't have thought about information literacy!

[julialong183]

What I like most about my essay

I like a couple things about my essay. One of them being that this is my FINAL ESSAY FOR COLLEGE! Another reason I like it is because I can showcase my learning throughout the course in this essay, which I think is important.

[julialong183]

Favorite sweet

I said it once and I will say it again. These are the best dang Reese's product out there. Sweet, "salty" and so smooth.

[julialong183]

How does writing demonstrate creativity?

Writing demonstrates creativity because there are so many different types of writing.

You can convey statistical information: Julia believes 100% of people should love her boyfriends dog (pictured)

You can convey whimsical stories: The 800 blue herons stood in their place, in adoration of the fairy.

You can depict business writing: The Walt Disney Company stocks have declined since the streaming platform, Disney+ came out.

There are so many different types of writing and it allows different options for creativity. Fiction and creative writing are often the styles found using the most creativity.

[lindseyb2]

what is learning?

Learning is the ability to acquire knowledge and skill through experience or by being taught. It means you are able to acquire new information and skills and apply them to a task, job, project, or really anything. Learning enables people to grow in all aspects of their life.

[julialong183]

I think that this is a great definition of learning. You know that saying, "you learn something new everyday?" Yeah. I think that is 100% true. We never stop learning, I am going to be 80 and hear something like papayas are no longer considered a fruit, not true, but I will have learned something new.

[chrismoyer]

what is your writing process?

My writing process consists of many different things. I typically start with the ideas part. What am I writing and why. Then I think what are the questions that I need to answer or what is the message I'm trying to convey. Then I start with a rough draft and my final draft then peer editing. Then I fix it all up and turn it in.

[julialong183]

This is a great way to start your writing process. I also do similar where I analyze the prompt. but then I start writing as much information that I can and then organize it later. It is crazy, but it eventually works itself out.

[chrismoyer]

what is your writing process?

My writing process consists of many different things. I typically start with the ideas part. What am I writing and why. Then I think what are the questions that I need to answer or what is the message I'm trying to convey. Then I start with a rough draft and my final draft then peer editing. Then I fix it all up and turn it in.

[julialong183]

What is my writing process

I swear, my writing process is one of the most hectic things you will ever see. I don't always have a good starting point so I end up finding a bunch of information, writing it down (specifically writing it so that it correlates with the assignment), and then organizing it all. Once I organize it into sections, I start to write in the buffer sentences. Then I decide that I hate it all and start over. I might do this once, oftentimes twice, rarely a third time, but it really depends on the kind of thing I am writing.

[julialong183]

Brainstorming: creativity

To me, creativity is different to everyone. I create things with words, meanwhile one of my best friends create things with paint. Both of these require creativity, yet they look completely different. I often think back to the "beauty is within the eye of the beholder" sentiment. I really do believe this is true. There are so many times when I am in an art exhibit with another one of my best friends, and he sees the beauty in simplicity. Meanwhile, I am trying to understand why there is a big canvas with a singular dot in it, because "even I could do that".

[julialong183]

Brainstorming: communication

Communication is the basic level of conveying information from one person to another person. This can be done at a multitude of levels. People can communicate with their voices, hands, eyes, signals, and more. When I am with my best friend, I can communicate with her by using our facial expressions. There are specific faces we will use when we need an out of a conversation, when we are thinking "wtf", and other variations of this.

Everyone communicates, sometimes it just looks different than the typical "conversation". I think this is where some people get tripped up. You don' always need to conversate, to communicate.

[julialong183]

Fav snacks

I am a SUCKER for Reese's Fastbreaks. They are the perfect little snack to keep me motivated for this final semester. I am getting senior-itis real bad, on top of feeling very overwhelmed by the sheer amount of projects I have that are all on top of each other. Thank goodness we are DONE with the big projects in this class.

[julialong183]

Feedback 3

I wrote each of my creators specific subcategories because I wanted to make sure I covered all of my bases. Do you think this was necessary? I wasn't really sure if this was a good way to tie in each creator or if I should have just left it at one big H2WG. Thoughts?

[julialong183]

Feedback 2

Do you think this is readable? I know it is a bit long (and I have even more tips/tricks below) but I thought bolding specific things would make it easier to skim as well because it pulls out the most important parts of the tip/trick. Again, I wanted to make it simple but also make sure the information was good.

[julialong183]

Feedback 1

Is this a good introduction into my project? Do you think that it is something that will make a creator want to read this? I wanted to make this guide as plain and simple as possible while also making sure that good information is being included.

[julialong183]

Tips and Tricks

Here are a few tips/tricks I think would be useful for everyone. I know I personally scroll whenever the videos look/sound like crap, so I am sure you do too! If you are looking at getting into content creation I think these are some of the most important aspects to think about. I know a lot of people want to get PR packages and get partnerships, but knowing what brand you are repping is incredibly important. This is true for everything in life - you need to know what you are supporting and decide whether or not it is important enough to make it publicly known you support something.