1. I have used a fair amount of electronic writing but I dont think my experience is as extensive as others. I have used instant messaging, e-mail, myspace and facebook, but have never blogged before or owned a twitter acount. Also, I have not used these programs quite as much as I know my friends and others used them. My usage of them was minimal but I was familiar with it and knew the basics.
2. I don't think that my writing style changes as much from e-mails to pen and paper as it does from social networks like myspace and facebook or instant messaging to pen and paper. The main reason for this is because of the audience that I am directing my writings to. Most of the time when I use e-mail it is directed towards family members and professors and its a more formal style of writing. On the other hand, when I use social networks and instant messaging, it is more directed to my peers and it is a much more informal style of writing. I feel that the only reason that I would change my style of writing is due to the audience that it is meant for, otherwise it is relatively similar. I think this says that the writing process is somewhat ineffective because when writing electronically in e-mails or in blogs, there is no pre-writing, or webs, etc. Most blogs and e-mails are all first drafts that would bypass the entire writing process. So if you write the same way electronically as you do on pen and paper, this shows that the writing process is not being used.
>>So if you write the same way electronically as you do on pen and paper, this shows that the writing process is not being used. <<
ReplyDeleteOr a different kind of writing process...?
The notion that there is only one, universally applicable way to write - "the" writing process - is somewhat problematic, as we will discuss in class.