The Magazine Reflection!

I learned some very valuable writing techniques and tips such as the use of punctuation and I also found that drafting is way more useful than I thought it was. I also learned that keeping it simple is the best way to do it, at first I wanted to put a lot of big words in it so that it would sound intelligent but my writing got so much better when I made them simpler. I was one of those people who went for the minimum and just chose to do their photo essay or interview, regardless I think it was a really good story and it is very interesting. I think I was one of the most creative when it comes to storyline. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it and I think that others will enjoy it. But the truth is that I feel like when I wrote it no one liked it because it was different, as though because it was not an informative piece of writing it was wrong. But then again, it’s getting published in a real book.

Magazine Reflection Take Two!

1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?

The way that I approach my writing, I learned that if I want my writing to be good and professional I need to stop writing for myself and start writing for an audience. I’m not the best at it yet, but I’m getting there.

2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?

Grammar. My paper had to go through so many drafts and the things that would usually come up where grammar mistakes. I would use the wrong “where” or the sentence would be off because of something.

3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.

When I made my first draft I wanted to make it very “smart.” So I started to fill it up with very large words that I did not need. I started using things like “He wanted to be inconspicuous.” Randy gave us lessons on how to make our writing better, one of these lessons was how you should keep It simple and not use jargon. This is when I realized that I did not need these large and smart sounding words to make my writing sound good.

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.

I learned that I use big words when I should not. They are unnecessary and they confuse people. It is better to keep is simple.

Magazine Reflection: the beginning

What went well?
i had great editors and that helped my piece of writing, which was not very good. with all the editing that went on my writing improved a lot.

Challenges
my writing did not connect with Internship hardly at all. no one saw how it was related so i had to add on some paragraphs connecting it with my internship immersion.­­­­­­­