This quarter, my most productive exercise was Assignment 1, where we had to listen to a non-traditional voice and write about it in two distinct writing styles. At first, this was particularly challenging for me because I did not feel comfortable with the notion of an untraditional voice, and I didn’t understand how to integrate course concepts into both blog and newspaper article pieces while maintaining the correct tones and style guidelines. First, I familiarized myself with a non-traditional voice and engaged with my non-traditional voice, the ocean, on several occasions. I then gathered notes on the stylistics of both blog posts and newspaper articles, and thought about what I, myself, would be interested in reading, as both of the target audiences are individuals around my age who deal with everyday stressors and could benefit from healthy and simple coping mechanisms.
Taking a step back and thinking about it from this perspective, of what I would want to read, and what would motivate me to follow such advice, is what drove me through writing the two different pieces. I have done a lot of writing about music for both school and work as music is what I’m passionate about and working towards a career in. I often get writer’s block, but experience breakthroughs when I take a step back and think about things from a consumer’s point of view. Going forward, I will try to think of these in the early stages of the writing process so that I don’t feel stuck.
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