A medium is the platform on which your art is created on.
Writing has many different types of mediums from print, to digital. In this
project, it was the art of story telling and the medium was the Internet. More
specifically the medium was Google Plus. This project, being my first fictional
writing assignment online, introduced to me different mediums that writing has
to offer such as Internet, print, and additions of audio/visual props to enhance
the effect of story telling and to help allow myself to become a better and
stronger writer.
I had mentioned earlier that this assignment had been my
first-ever online fictional writing. In all actuality, I really enjoyed doing
this. I really liked building the story off of the other stories. Being the
last group to write also was also pretty cool. I was able to gather and absorb
the information from the past stories and tie them all together with a few
twists of my own. I really liked having total control of the outcome to the
whole story. This, however, was a little bit of a challenge compared to the
first group to write. The first group gets to choose whatever they want to
write about. I was fairly limited because I had to stick to what the story had
already given me. It was a good experience though and I would not be upset if I
were assigned another project like this in a future class.
The different mediums of writing were things that I had
never really thought about before this class. The medium I had only experienced
was print. Research papers, essays, and everything else were all written on a
print medium. The Internet and blog mediums that were introduced to me in this
class changed my perspective on writing. Writing online for an audience was the
biggest change to me. The medium of Internet blogging and Google Plus includes
an audience to read. This was a bit of
adjustment for me because I had to alter the style of writing I used. I tried
to make it so that the audience could feel more engaged and to fully understand
the points of the story I was trying to get across. To do this I included
visuals including hyperlinks and pictures. This was also a first for me. Never
had I ever before integrated these other medias to show further understanding
of the story.
The new mediums have taught me how to enhance the effect of
story telling. Through Google Plus and Internet blogging, I have learned how to
use these new mediums effectively through audio/visual aids and directing
writing to the audience. This project has also taught me how to adjust the
adversity of having never done something before. This writing technique was new
to me. So, going though it has taught me a whole new style of writing. Due to
this, I have become an all around stronger writer. This was one of my goals for
this course and this project has allowed me to achieve this.
This also was the first time that my writing was placed on the Internet available for everyone to read. It's somewhat exhilarating knowing that anyone with access to the Internet can see your work for themselves. With that in mind, though, I can fully understand the change in your writing style that you mentioned. This access forces you to put your best work forward and develop as a writer.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this project has made me a better writer. For me, it was about putting myself in the audience's perspective. How would I feel reading this? What kind of visuals would I want as a reader to help me understand the story? With these questions in mind, I was able to integrate my visuals with a better understanding.
I agree and can comply that this is the first time I have posted my writing on the internet as well. As you mentioned, writing in a different style was something that I did as well. Knowing that my writing was accessible to everyone, it did make me reevaluate my work more than usual. But as you said, it had improved my writing skills. It helped me have a different point of view and allowed me to know I was writing to a different audience.
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