I am finding blogging to be a very helpful tool for reflecting on readings for class. It's a bit of an informal way to get my own thoughts out there, while forcing me to really think about the readings. I also like that with a blog I am able to get immediate feedback from the professor and other people in the class, and to see what others took from each piece. I like the interactive aspect of that genre.
I really enjoyed composing the microfiction piece based off of a line from Anzaldua's piece. As a read the Anzaldua piece there were several lines that jumped out to me that I thought I could potentially use to create my own story. Eventually I was able to narrow it down to a very dynamic quote that could go in many directions. The quote I used was "For the longest time I couldn't figure it out, then it dawned on me." Interestingly, I went in a completely different direction from the way Anzaldua intended the line. It's interesting that one line can be taken out of context and applied to a completely different situation.
I never thought of applying twitter to so many different writing situations. The task of composing a microfiction story based on one of my tweets was interesting. Tweets have such a limited word count, it was interesting to see how I was able to expand it into a short story. Then composing a poem from a collection of my tweets proved to be a bit of a struggle. I already struggle with poetry as a writer, so the restriction of only being able to use a specific collection of words made it that much harder. I found myself wishing I had gone into more detail with some of my tweets, or used a different word to describe something.
The use of twitter was taken a step further as I created a haiku poem from my microfiction story based on a tweet. From this assignment I was able to see how a different genre can change the tone of a story. While my poem had the same theme as the microfiction, it took on a more serious tone. The poem also focused in on just one aspect of the story.
I really enjoyed composing the microfiction piece based off of a line from Anzaldua's piece. As a read the Anzaldua piece there were several lines that jumped out to me that I thought I could potentially use to create my own story. Eventually I was able to narrow it down to a very dynamic quote that could go in many directions. The quote I used was "For the longest time I couldn't figure it out, then it dawned on me." Interestingly, I went in a completely different direction from the way Anzaldua intended the line. It's interesting that one line can be taken out of context and applied to a completely different situation.
I never thought of applying twitter to so many different writing situations. The task of composing a microfiction story based on one of my tweets was interesting. Tweets have such a limited word count, it was interesting to see how I was able to expand it into a short story. Then composing a poem from a collection of my tweets proved to be a bit of a struggle. I already struggle with poetry as a writer, so the restriction of only being able to use a specific collection of words made it that much harder. I found myself wishing I had gone into more detail with some of my tweets, or used a different word to describe something.
The use of twitter was taken a step further as I created a haiku poem from my microfiction story based on a tweet. From this assignment I was able to see how a different genre can change the tone of a story. While my poem had the same theme as the microfiction, it took on a more serious tone. The poem also focused in on just one aspect of the story.