List of Writing and Analysis p.23

List:

• Typing In-game
• Blog posts
• Filling out Forms
• Texting
• Emails
• Skyping
• Searching in Google

The three divergent genres I've listed above are, typing in-game, emails and blog posts because of the range of formality between these three. First in-game was usually, me to a friend, the genre for this is, similar to texting, generally the grammar I'd use is the same. the tone is usually casual. My audience for this was usually casual. Usually the purpose was to trade information among people, inform or ask.
My second was emails, I believe these to be in between my first and last picks in terms of formality. Emails are usually sent to a range of people, for me they'd be sent to teachers or my parents thus implying they'd be more formal then typing to another person in-game. The tone is usually more casual than a formal paper but less casual than texting or typing in-game. The purpose is usually to ask for help or ask for something, or it's to inform others of events.
My third genre was blog posts because for me, they are the most formal out of all the writing I've done in the past week. Blog posts are received by a large audience (usually) and because of that, depending on the person they can be informal or formal. The tone, for me at least is formal as shown by my choice of words. The purpose of the blog posts I've written is for school, usually to respond to a prompt, such as this one.
Thus each genre we choose to write for and the tone we use can drastically change the message we get across to others.

Group Discussion: Is Everyone an Author?

Similarities:

Everyone writes

Writing is important

Writing can be seen across the globe

Differences:

Different definitions of “Author”

Is every writer an author?

Authors write more, write books, stories

Authors’ writing is seen by more people

Everyone is a writer, not everyone an author

Authors:                                              Writers:

Writing is seen by public	“Casual” writing, for a friend/family/small group
Write books, stories, informed articles/reports	Shorter writing
More time and effort into what you write, spend time researching your subject	Write quick texts, emails, personal blogs
Writing is a hobby or a job	Less planned out

Types of Writing:                               Why we Enjoy / Dislike it:

Essays	A lot of work, a lot of thinking, not always an interesting subject to write about, not writing for you
Texting/Skype Messaging	It’s easy, quick, faster than calling
Emails	More formal than a text, still fast and easy
Short Stories	Throwing down thoughts, relaxing, fun writing

Genres of Writing:

Emails, Invitations, Shopping List, Texts, Driving Instructions

 

Email:

Hey Jacob!

Can you help me set up a party this weekend? Send this attachment (the invitation) to all of your friends. Can you drive to safeway and pick up some soda, water bottles, the cake, and some pizza for us to make later? I’m going to hire a DJ, it’ll be awesome. See you there!

Text:

Melanie help! remember my party this weekend? i forgot to go to party city :( do you mind driving over to party city and picking up balloons, streamers, some candy, and masquerade masks for me and you ? then bring it back to my house and drop it all off please Thanks!!

Facebook Post:

Halloween Party This Weekend!!!

When: Saturday Oct. 31st 8 pm - 11pm

Where: Drive to My House! 1123 Fourth Street NE, Central City

Bring: An appetizer, a costume and your lovely selves!, Also if you can share this invitation with all of your friends that’d be great, thank you!

See you there! RSVP 111-222-3333

Is Everyone an Author?

Is everyone an author? To truly understand this question let us argue from both sides. The book argues that everyone is an author, because everyone has a story to write, it's just up to them whether to write it or not. then you can argue that a tale told through oral storytelling or the small stories written on Youtube, Twitter, or Facebook can still make someone an author. With the rise of blogging writing has become even more integrated into society with many people reading blogs daily, sharing opinions and stating facts, they've nearly become the new newspapers. To me an author is someone who writes a story and can write it well, which, for me, means that not everyone could be an author. I believe that a story which is well written, grabs the readers attention and possibly reveals truths about our society is what drives a story to an "Author" level, and not everyone can do that. Thus my conclusion is that everyone can be a storyteller in their own way but to truly be an author you have to push storytelling to new heights. Thank you for reading.

What is writing? Writing is recorded communication that most languages use, some languages such as ASL don’t use writing, to convey a message. Our group uses writing mainly for notes while few of us use it for poetry, short stories or attempting to write research notes or actual novels. Our entire group agreed to usually forgoing grammar while writing for fun. We usually only write formally while writing to teachers or writing formal papers.

Our writing style changes depending on who is talking and who is listening, for example while talking to friends we use a more informal style, changing our word choice to shrinking down words/ sentences and using a lot of implied statements. Writing to teachers or bosses though generally calls upon a change in word choice to expanding words like I’m to I am or you're to you are.

Credit to: Riley, Corben, and Chloe for helping write this segment

ps. I apologize for my grammars and speelings