Journal 7

I feel that everyone has a slightly different definition for the terms "writing," "editing," and "composing." I define writing as the physical act of putting your thoughts down on paper. You first conceptualize and idea and thinking about what you want to write, than you actually write it down. I define editing as tweaking or fixing a piece of work. This can be your own work or someone elses work, but editing should create some sort of change within the writing that makes it better or stronger. Some key terms necessary for defining "writing," "editing," and "composing," are audience, circulation, remediation, creativity, and purpose. Having a specific audience and purpose makes it easier to compose work, because you have an end goal for your writing. When you have an audience in mind, you can gear you work in that direction. Circulation is also very important for all three terms because it’s how your work travels. Specifically for editing, circulation is very important because it’s how people find your work or how you find other peoples work to edit and review. Remediation is also important for editing, because it’s what you’re changing a piece of work into. Creativity is important to all three terms because it takes a certain, and unique level of creativity to write, compose, and edit original work.  

Project two taught me a lot about remix and remediation, but it didn’t necessarily change my definition of "writing," "editing," and "composing." My project was turning a popular poster into a information video. This showed me that composing changes depending on what type of outlet you’re creating on.

 As someone who loves to write, my experiences outside this course have definitely shaped my definitions. By creatvitely writing on my own time, I have been able to create my own theory of composing. I have restrictions and guidelines for my own writing and specific purposes that I aim for. Giving myself certain audiences and purposes to aim for, I am able to compose my work in a certain way.