Digital Writings - Sydney Schopf

junior at millersville university majoring in early childhood education

[sammy-hobbs]

Content post 1

what are you most proud of with your writing process?

This class has helped me to grow with my writing. One of my goals at the beginning of the semester was to be more confident with my writing. I feel like I have gotten so much better with that. I have worked a lot with my drafting progress. I would lay out my thoughts and then do research and understand the audience. Thinking a lot about the audience and helped me a lot of structure my papers. This has made me feel confident when I am writing. In the end, I feel accomplished that I learned all these new skills.

[srschopf]

Hi @sammy-hobbs!

I had a similar goal for myself and struggled to be a confident writer. I think when I get into more writing I become more confident with the practice, and we did a LOT of writing in this course. So, I think I got more confident because of that but also because of the drafting process. Knowing I can make mistakes and revise them to create a great final copy made me more confident that my end result is really my best work.

[sammy-hobbs]

Content post 3

what do you appreciate most about your learning about web writing?

I found this class to be very interesting. I most appreciated learning how to incorporate design into writing. I am a graphic design major, so I have been learning how to design all sorts of things. However, for writing, I have always just written an essay and did not add anything special. I was never taught this type of writing. So, getting practice from this class has helped expand my knowledge. Understanding the audience and determining which style would fit them best has helped me practice how to design my writing.

[srschopf]

Hi @sammy-hobbs!

I also loved this aspect of this web writing course. I create social media content for my family business and I create advertisement images. This class taught me so many new ways to enhance the written portion of my posting and add style. I can already see an improvement in my posts and I hope you can too in your essays for your designs!

[srschopf]

Original Content Post 3

The part of my writing process that I am most proud of is the way I ask for feedback and revise my work. Before this class when I would get peers to edit my work, I would just send the whole paper and ask for help. After practicing this on Tumblr in this course4 I now know I need to be specific when asking for feedback. Now when I ask for review from peers, I show them specific sections of the paper and ask for help with specific issues. An example I applied in another class was I showed a friend one of my body paragraphs and asked for feedback on my in-text citations.

[srschopf]

Original Content Post 2

I appreciate that Web Writing breaks things down step by step. We looked at how purpose plays a role in what web writing looks like. Why am I writing this? We looked at how the audience affects the way we write. Who am I writing this for? We looked at context and how the space where web writing happens affects the way it looks. Breaking down each step before writing a piece is helpful to make the writing more purposeful and meaningful.  

[srschopf]

Original Content Post 1

I am most proud of my Content Strategy Analysis Project. I am most proud of my work during this project because it really interested me and was inspired by something I care about. I did my project on how children being posted on family influencer accounts affects content strategy. I chose this because it is a hot topic in the media currently and I am going to be a teacher, so children’s privacy and safety is something I am concerned about. I think because I connected this assignment to a relevant news topic as well as an interest of mine, I was able to put my best foot forward. I also think because of its relevance today it would interest my peers. 

[srschopf]

Final Thursday Check-in

For my final Thursday Check-in post I wanted to ask for some recommendations about how I can apply the things I've learned in this course to my future profession. I am studying to be an early childhood educator. When I am reaching out to families, do you have any suggestions about online programs to use? For English learning families, do you have any recommendations for strategies to write in ways they better understand? How can I make my web writing through lesson plans easy for a substitute to understand? I know these questions may be too content specific, but these are things I will keep and mind in my future profession that are web writing centered.  

@npfannen

[srschopf]

Dr P Game Design Choices

I recently made this post for a business's social media page. This post promotes an event happening in the coming weeks. I made the font larger on the SAVE $5 part of the image so viewers would be drawn to read more. I chose larger font and different color for the code so it stood out to viewers. This is all pasted on the image itself so readers do not have to read the whole caption for information to know we are offering a coupon.

[callmekas-posts]

Original Content Post 1

share an example of your experience as a fan of a show that was cancelled. help us feel the feels #writ318mu #week14

 I remember there was a show back when the channel Freeform was known as ABC Family. It was called The Nine Lives of Chloe King. It was based off of a book, but was picked up for adaptation. It had one season and ten episodes. I remember being so invested in that show. I watched it every night that it aired and season 1 ended on a MASSIVE cliff hanger. It was almost like they knew or marketed it so that it would get a continuation. I waited for weeks for any word about the show but then it all just suddenly went quiet. ABC Family never really said it was canceled or no announcement was made unless you went looking for it. I was so upset but like every other teen drama I watched in that era, I eventually forgot about it but it sometimes comes back into the back of my mind.

[srschopf]

This is an interesting perspective. I haven’t read any other posts where the production company just goes silent. This gives the fans a whole other thing to be angry about other than the show just being gone. The lack of information to viewers is honestly just irresponsible. Also, this is shocking since ABC is like a very legitimate company. This experience is definitely unique and will be helpful in this assignment.  

[elraywriting]

Original Content

share an example of your experience as a fan of a show that was cancelled

My cousin and I were watching a show on Netflix called The Society. We binged the first season of the show, only to find out that the show was cancelled and not renewed for another season. We were heartbroken because it was a good show and ended on a cliff hanger.

[srschopf]

As I was reading over posts to reply to, I noticed yours because you were not the only person to mention this show. Clearly this disappointed a number of people. I never watched it but now I'm intrigued. I'm not sure I was it to end in this disappointment you are feeling though! Cliff hangers can be effective when you know the question will be answered in the following episode or season. Otherwise, it just leaves people angry. This will be great to channel into the assignment. 

[trevaunmichael]

Original Content Week 14 2/2

I was a true believer in Game of Thrones. This was my show. I was so excited for the eighth and final season. Especially after the seventh season being one of the best seasons of television ever! Ever! Unless you have lived under a rock for the last half decade, then you know that the eight season was one of the worst seasons of television ever! Ever! Each week it was like we were being punished more and more for loving something so much. Finally, we are handed a series finale that is one of the worst things that I have viewed on a television screen in my life. The actors giving interviews were saying they were in tears while reading the last pages. I believe the story was so bad they were moved to tears. The last season was so bad that I have no rewatched the series since. I have channeled these feelings while working on this project.

[srschopf]

I myself have never watched Game of Thrones but my friend is a full on stan of this show. She voiced this to me in DETAIL. I obviously did not know what she was talking about but sympathized. It is so disappointing when the end of something that you've been working towards ends up being a total flop. Like why even make the season at that point. 

[savvy283-deactivated20250723]

Original Post

There haven't been really any shows that have "devastated" me from being cancelled.

The only time I thought it was lame they were cancelling a show was when Netflix had to stop making shows around The Defenders. This isn't just the show either, but the characters and their respective shows too. Luckily for the fans, they have started their franchises back up under the MCU, but it was still a let down when they had to stop making them on Netflix.

[srschopf]

Hi @savvy283

I think a lot of people can relate to your post. When shows are made in an easily accessible format like Netflix it can be super annoying to have to access them in other places. I even feel like this with streaming shows that still air. When Netflix removes loved shows and then I have to get yet another streaming service to watch them, it's frustrating.

[srschopf]

Original Content Post 2

I was a big fan of the show Never Have I Ever on Netflix. While this show had an appropriate ending, I was sad to see it go. My questions were answered but I was still upset I did not get to see the characters move into the next chapter of their lives. I just think there are a lot of bad shows with way more seasons so why did this one have to end! I also know that they are soon cancelling The Summer I turned pretty after this final season. I hope my questions are answered but no matter how that show ends I will wish it was still running. Sometimes there is no reason to be upset about a cancelled show other than you will miss it.  

[srschopf]

Original Content Post 1

One of my favorite shows is Friends. This show was cancelled just after I was born so I did not feel the hurt of it being cancelled. I have watched a lot of interviews and reunion shows that talk about the ending of friends. This was a long running series, so people had been loyally watching it for years. I also know that a lot of fans wished they knew what happens with some of the characters in the end. Like Ross and Rachel... Do they get married? Do they even stay together? I think when a show runs for so long and fans watch the characters grow over such a long time when it stops it can be a shock. 

[srschopf]

Thursday Check-in

So, for the second part of the Design Project, I am just revising the sample posts and then reflecting? So, is the only “essay writing” part of this assignment just the reflection? I just want to make sure I do not miss any parts. I also realized I have been using Twitter when talking about X throughout my project so I will edit this in the final draft. 

@npfannen

[nicholasscorza17]

original content 3 week 13

explain how audiences connect with each other on social media over their love for a show 

For me I want the connection between fans to be that of those grieving together over a shared connection. Something like reflecting and remembering good times in the show, their favorite moments, characters, and storylines. I want this just like my last post about the reaction to feel genuine and emotional.

[srschopf]

I also want a similar connection. The show I am inspired by my project from has a strong loyal fanbase and it is a long running series. So, there is a lot of content and memorable moments to reminisce on. I think if the show I was inspired by actually cancelled people wouldn't necessarily be mad but sad because of all the iconic moments and history of the show. 

[ckrall44]

OCW #3 (4/18/25)

For the audience, being able to connect with the creators and producers of a show to share their ideas and thoughts is an extremely important aspect to the audience of a show. On social media, the creators and producers may have their personal social media handles displayed on the show's official account, or possibly have an email addressed displayed so that members of the audience are able to contact and reach out to them. A link for a Questions and Answers page may also be added so that community members can connect with the executives of the show.

[srschopf]

I like you ideas on how audiences can connect with production companies. I mentioned similar ideas like an email address where fans can contact people at the production companies to ask questions and provide feedback. I especially like your Q&A idea. I think that's a great way for people to get information quickly without having to wait for a response through email. An additional idea I had is that fans can directly tag creators using their handles in posts to get their points across

[tjtomlinson]

Original Content Writing #2

Fandoms are created from content produced on the screen or in the prints. They can form on any platform but they typically stay within designated communities. They will label their communities something relating to the show so it is easy to find for others. As producers, employees, and PR individuals, we can use these communities to gauge how the audience is taking the news.

[srschopf]

Hi @tjtomlinson

I also mentioned fandoms to answer this question. I think these discourse communities are great for people to be able to engage with likeminded individuals online. It can be a great escape for people. I like the point you made about how production companies can use these pages to gather feedback about how their show is doing and how people are reacting to their choices. That is something that did not initially come to mind for me.