Blog Reflection Numero Dos

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

I believe that my writing did get a lot better as the drafts went on. At first I only had a five paragraph essay that had an intro with a thesis and a conclusion. As it went on, I had several concise paragraphs that had a clear meaning. I believe that the big picture of my article was obvious and it was interesting. The big picture of my article is the start of an incentive program in Baja California that would end the pollution found in the Tijuana River Valley. My writing got better because of the tips that were given in Humanities class. The tips helped me with structure of the article, the concerts not pancakes and the loop structure are the tips that helped me the most.

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?

I think that my writing still needs to be more interesting. I had a lot of facts about my writing but I didn't exactly know how to make the facts interesting. I still need help with adding facts and quotes into the writing. I believe that if I could incorporate the facts and the quotes into the writing my article would be a lot more interesting and make more of an impact.

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.

In my first draft I had a five paragraph essay that tried to do the loop style structure, but it failed. As I started writing more drafts the loop structure started making more sense and there were a lot more paragraphs to work with. It took a lot of drafts and a lot of critiques for my writing to get better. I had to change a lot of sentences so that they would make sense. I also had to make the introduction more interesting.

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.
All of the tips that were talked about in humanities helped me a lot. We learned about sentence structure and how to use words. I learned not to use Sledgehammer words (completely, extremely, really, etc.) and to have concerts instead of pancakes. I also learned the loop structure.

Magazine Reflection

1. What went well for you during the process of creating this magazine?

The process overall was good for me, it made me understand what is done in the professional world as well as understand how to work with others and take their advice. I knew how to work with indesign a little when I started but as time went on, I learned a lot more about indesign. I took a lot of advice from other people and because of it I believe my project looks a lot better and it looks a lot more professional.

2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?
I wrote a whole new article, so I went through about 12 drafts before I believed it was ready to be in the magazine, there were a lot of tweaks made everywhere and during the whole experience. I also had to change things like my pictures and I had to make them different because they had to be black and white as well as change in size.

3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?
I really enjoyed Evan's layout and I really liked Sydney's layout, I tried doing something similar to Evan's layout but it didn't quite work out. I used the Atlantic as a professional example. I tried to do similar headline pages and sub-headlines.