Ten ways to think about writing

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As a student In high school I always struggled with my writing, my teachers tried helping me develop my skills as a writer. However, I seemingly never found a way to really execute or exert the rules they wanted me to memories. the navel “Ten Ways to think about writing”, expresses many examples about different writing methods and provides information to college writers so that they can progress and develop as writer. For example, one of the many examples stressed in the novel expresses the idea that writers shouldn’t hold themselves back by listening to rules that make creativity harder to devolve. in the novel the author uses common rules often taught to use in grade school like always have a thesis, use concrete nouns, don’t use “I”. Theses rules became problematic for me because as a writer when you focus on a particular thing I tend to lose my creative momentum.

concepts illustrated in this novel point out the realistic problems college students indore. one of the examples given in the text that related to on a personal level, was the expression of understanding your target audience, when the audience change ,your message has to change. to make this example come to life the author gives an illustration of a college student in need for money. “ Imagine that you’ve ran out of money this semester and I told you that all you had to do was write a paper and your problems would be relieved. You still  might struggle a bit, and come up with some vague points about your situation. How ever, If I said Write to your best friend and stress your points to them, then you should suddenly have a clear idea of what you can say or should say.”(Shelley Reid 9) this example shows the importance of knowing your target audience, so that you can be direct.

Once you’ve identified a target audience, the writer then needs to put down all the detail you think of to appeal to those readers. the author states that when you have your reader don’t lose them somewhere along the way. Writers can do this by giving advice. This advice, however, does not need to be formulated in the  thesis statement or a topic sentence but needs to happen regularly so that the reader does need to happen regularly so that readers don’t miss something crucial.

Place Does Matter

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Sergio Cordon

University 298

Professor Sanchez

 

Place Does Matter

Place can be said to be where we come from or where we are headed. There are also various places that you can head to base on the direction you’re going and the choices you make. It can also influence your personality, the way you think, those you interact with and whether it was a positive or negative aspect. Where you are can be said to determine what your future will be because of many different variables that could lead you to have a successful life or having reached a bad ending because you got involved with the wrong crowd. If you choose a place based on your own decision that you think is good for you then it will end up subconsciously influencing you to do good things or becoming a Good Samaritan. That’s why when people say “place matters” it could be the most important factor in an individual’s mind.

 

Most people go about their lives knowing sometimes knowing and other times that the place they live can have a big impact on his/herself. For instance, in the movie “Crashed” many people from all walks of life in L.A. were affected in their lives because of the places they live in and were all connected despite being in different areas. Whether it’s the same they suffered problems to some degree because of the places they were in and got sometimes because of the situation. Places can affect people both good and bad regardless of who they talk or belong to. This movie helped me link the importance of place not because of only problems and worries but also success and happiness. Some groups were able to prosper because the place they live motivated them to make a change in themselves and vice-versa. Where you’re from can affect the outcome of your life and with those around you regardless of where you come from or where you’re going too.

 

The articles that I chose for this assignment are “An Introduction to GIS” by Silas Reed and “The Use of Geospatial Technologies in Geographical Information Systems”. For both articles they go over the fundamentals of how place can affect people in either one area or several at once and how they also work in tandem. They both use GIS because they focus on a certain area and compare everything from statistics of the number of people there to the streets, landscape and even the space as well is included. For instance, they say “was formed with the help of aerial photography, photogrammetry, land surveying, remote sensing, mathematics, and geography” (Reed Paragraph 1). This shows that GIS is a one- stop shop for all information and data related to “place”. Place can also aid in my discipline mainly for the geographical data and for the estimated numbers in certain groups. Another example is “GIS solutions are reflected on everyone’s desk, smart phone and the like” (Use of Geospatial Technologies Paragraph 4). It’s used in my Biology major as part of the population count and geographical data of not only people but also other animals like birds, insects, and fish. By using the mapping and geography maps in an area like the amazon we can outline different species habitats, territories and also which areas can be designated for wildlife preservation. Not only with current ones but also new species as well and in doing so securing new records and designating restricted areas for people to enter with these only being a few of their uses and advantages.

 

With “place” being what most may or may not be concerned about it still a good part of who we currently are and will inevitably come. People can come from anywhere and yet can still turn out differently from what one might expect. Sometimes these changes are miniscule and others major to how it will affect varies from person to person. Some people may also not be able to understand it all before they realize it. Place is where we are and with those around us and can change how people will view others in a great way but so long as you don’t forget where you come from you won’t lose sight of your goals.

 

Works Cited

Crash. Pathe! 2005

Reed, Silas. “An Introduction to GIS.” Jobs RSS. N.p., 19 Aug. 2009. Web.

Stelvan, Armando. “The Use of Geospatial Technologies in Geographical Information Systems.” Jobs RSS. N.p., 10 Apr. 2012. Web.

Week#3 Post

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Sergio Cordon

One University Dr.

Camarillo, California 93012

Santa Cruz Village Rm D211A

 

Dr. Stacey Anderson

CSU Channel Islands

Camarillo, California 93012

 

After reading the article “Navigating Articles” by Kerry Dirk, I learned many interesting facts about how genre can be so important to how we write our articles, papers and letters. Genre is used to incorporate both mood and subject to the text which for most readers would seem very difficult to comprehend had they not already understood at first. Which can vary from the type that you are writing from simply letters, papers, articles, etc. They say “is not to trivialize the study of genres; it is to take seriously the rhetoric in which we are immersed and the situations in which we find ourselves.” (Dirk 254). This quote explains that you must focus on not making such a light matter out of the genre and to maintain absolute focus so as to not be misunderstood by others.

 

They also want to ask what kind of purpose would I have for this and it is mainly concerning how genre can be effective in putting these different genres to use in different subjects and how they are affecting the subject at hand. Genre is mainly used to describe one theme or group on the subject in order to make use of the writer’s expression and individualism. For example, “new happens that requires a response, someone must create that first response.” (Dirk 252). This quote means that in order to express our individualism and create a genre we must create the first response in order to give genre its meaning. Genre can mean a variety of terms but one of the most common would definitely be a type of group or other such group specifically for their field.

Sincerely,

Sergio

 

Works Cited

Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Vol. 1. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor P, 2010. 249-262. Writing Spaces. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.