Lilly

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I appreciated while learning about web writing, how creative it is. I am a very artistically driven person. I do better with the arts, being active, problem solving, and English than I ever have with science and math. This course really supported my creativity in all the freedom that we had and I was able to express my person touch in every project. I really enjoyed learning about content strategy and discourse community because I am trying to grow my fitness account and I hope it skyrockets this summer with having more available time on my hands. I will always remember this course and all of the things that I was able to learn and apply to my other studies and concentrations. It has helped me to learn language styles for different audiences as well which was really important, since addressing audience types is necessary when talking to different groups. I also really liked that this form of writing did not always need to be professional.

I really thought about this question, and I feel like adjusting my language and style has been one of the best things I have learned in this course. I really enjoyed the last module on adjusting writing styles depending on if the post was from an angry fan or from a professional in the field of movie production. This helped me to explore creative writing styles and will help me in my future in my career and also for posting on social media. I plan to write differently and use a different style in my career as an art therapist and also in my social media postings. In a professional setting, it is smart to use a more professional form of writing and when we utilize writing for personal endeavors, audiences usually want to hear raw and unfiltered information. I can’t wait for the summer so I can better apply my knowledge to my social media account and get better at understanding content strategy.

I plan to pursue a career in Art Therapy in the future, I am just wondering if you have any advice on how web writing skills apply to this profession. I want to accurately answer the questions for the assignment. 

I was researching what art therapists do, and I saw that they can create open-ended prompts for patients to answer. I think that I can answer these prompts by thinking about the creative and writing elements that go into the profession. I can combine psychology and creative processes of art to help patients express emotions and improve their mental health. Having a lot of design elements in the projects over all the modules will also support my answers.

I will use my own design for one of my posts to answer the prompt:

The design choices I made in this post are found with the bold text, red text, and layering. The bold text and capilization on "favorite show" and the word "Not" both create hierarchy and draw the viewers eye to these mainpoints.

Having the words "notice" and "not" both in red text emphasizes that viewers should pay attention and stop and read. The word not emphasizes that the show will not have a new season.

Having the text layered over an image from the show helps viewers or audience members of the show recognize familiar scenes and tie this to the important message.

These are a few of the posts I have created. I just would like some feedback on whether I should change anything or if they are effective. It's hard for me to ask for specific help, but feel free to leave any comments or opinions! Or if anyone needs some inspo!

Also, if anyone is creating comment replies, how are you creating this realistically?

My favorite show and how it helps me with the project:

One of my favorite shows is Shameless. While doing this project and making up angry fan posts. I thought about the anger that I would have if Shameless just ended after the first season. Shameless is not really a suspenseful life-or-death show like mine is, but just like any show, characters have dynamics, and they don't fully fulfill character roles. Shameless has many main characters and throughout all the seasons, they continue to grow and become new people. In the show, I created the character's face so much trauma, but fans never get to see the outcome. Having a show I like helps me to understand the frustration of fans of a cancelled series because of the strong emotions they have toward character dynamics and roles. 

Questions:

What is the web writing pivoting guide? I saw this mentioned once.

I am also wondering if our Audience analysis should be very thorough or kept simple to focus mainly on the posts? 

a good design in the real world...