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Writing Log #8: Writer/Writing as Metaphor

Writing is evolution. I use this image based on the classic, linear way of looking at human evolution because of what it invokes in popular culture. It’s over simplistic and the braided steam theory is a more accurate way of looking it but that requires going off a tangent that isn’t in the scope ofContinue reading “Writing Log #8: Writer/Writing as Metaphor”

Writing Log #7: Finding CNF Inspiration

Creative nonfiction was a genre that I was only recently introduced to. It’s both familiar in some ways and yet quite alien at the same time to the type of literature I usually read. This is a genre that’s definitely expanding my horizons on just what forms both writing and artistic expression can take. OneContinue reading “Writing Log #7: Finding CNF Inspiration”

Writing Log #6: Six Word Memoir

Fresh baked cookies, memories of grandma. Bruises, sweat, tears; taekwondo rank blackbelt. Friendly people, great food: Vietnam vacation. Smiles, laughs, butterflies: successful first date. Proud parents: College acceptance letter arrived. First love: anger, tears; difficult goodbye. Rescued kitten, given love, starts purring. Grateful for Japanese lessons, arigato mom. Blisters on Monday; weekend game champion. Go-kartContinue reading “Writing Log #6: Six Word Memoir”

Writing Log #5: Writing in Digital Spaces v. Analog

Digital spaces offer unique advantages and challenges to more traditional writing formats. My first blog entry is a good representation of my analog composition process. Even though it’s in a digital space its structure is no different than a typical paper I’d write for class, complete with conventional citations. It didn’t use images, hypertext, orContinue reading “Writing Log #5: Writing in Digital Spaces v. Analog”

Writing Log #4: Writing for Aural Delivery

View on Vocaroo >> Listen to my first podcast above or read the script for it below! Hi! I’m Jonathan! This will be the first time I’m making my own podcast. I considered all the different topics I could cover and I decided I’d enjoy some of the questions that linguistic study has raised inContinue reading “Writing Log #4: Writing for Aural Delivery”

Writing Log #3: Visual Literacy

I was asked to “read” this photo for an assignment in my Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies course. My first reaction is the photo could be fake. It’s online after all and fake or heavily edited photos have become quite common. It does look weird but that could be from the low resolution orContinue reading “Writing Log #3: Visual Literacy”

Writing Log #2

Where do fiction authors get their ideas? Where do fiction authors get their ideas? Obviously there is a huge variation from author to author but the simplest answer is they get many of their ideas from mining experiences in their own lives. Stephen King got his idea for Cujo, the novel about a killer dog,Continue reading “Writing Log #2”

Writing Log #1

Today I learned about Paulo Freire. He was a Brazilian educator and considered one of the founders of critical pedagogy. “Freire believed that all education in the broadest sense was part of a project of freedom, and eminently political because it offered students the conditions for self-reflection, a self-managed life, and particular notions of criticalContinue reading “Writing Log #1”

About Me

Hi! I’m Jonathan and this will be my blog. I’ll be taking a journey of thought. Please join me! I will use this platform to explore what it means to be a writer and much more.