Writing Process

My personal writing process that I follow includes somewhat of an organized step by step process. How I start off for writing a paper or essay is I will get at least a few ideas in mind of what I will want to write about, usually I do this right away from getting the writing prompt. After having a few ideas in mind I'll think of main points or arguments that I can write about in the paper for each of the ideas. This allows me to figure out which idea will best work for me for the particular paper. Once that's all done and I got the idea I won't start the whole paper for awhile until maybe couple weeks before it's due. When I do eventually sit down for the first time to actually start my paper, I probably write all of my main paragraphs or the "body" of the paper. The first time writing the paragraphs will be in a very rough format and may not even make sense, but it gets me going. I then go back to that few days later to actually start looking at the paragraphs and seeing what actually makes sense and I'll be revising as I'm writing my paper from what rough draft I had before to adding on the intro and conclusion as well. I like to write my paper in an advance or an earlier date than its due date. Sometimes I'll even have my own due date, so I can get it done. Sometimes I'll have some plans later in the evening so I'll make my day to be set on writing out my whole paper in order for me to allow myself to go out and have fun. I like doing this way of writing my paper because then I'll think of it as I have earned to have a good time for that night or weekend. Some other methods of the writing process that I thought were interesting and that maybe I'd like to try out was to try having several drafts within the time period of the due date. This would be helpful as it would be useful and more organized for me to get my paper done and done early.

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What kinds of visual and emotional appeals draw you into an ad? What makes you pay attention? What makes you remember it? What makes you want to buy what they are selling?

When looking at advertisements in like magazines the most appealing visual elements that draws my attention to the specific ad are colors in general. The brighter or the more the colors stand out from the magazine makes me pay more attention to the specific advertisement. Some other visual appeals that make me really look at an advertisement are, celebrities, clothing brands, jewelry and makeup. These different appeals are all interests of my own that make me want to pay attention to the ad or even buy that product that it’s selling. Celebrities can be a big part of my own appeal as seeing a celeb will pop out and make me look. It also makes me think about, maybe this celeb is using this product and that’s how she looks that good and maybe I should go try it out, so I go buy that specific product. Celebrities have a huge impact on products; they are a big selling point to any product they may endorse. Some emotional appeals that draw interest to myself to an ad could be those certain ads that have a sad feel to it, whether the advertisement is about a specific cause, disease or organization. Using focus points such as; a sad puppy dog, a baby, children or dark colors on a picture really draws me into an advertisement using an emotional appeal. Also this can use an opposite affect, if the ad has someone who looks happy or excited on it makes me look and pay attention because maybe I’ll want to buy the product that makes them feel that way. Some advertisements that make me pay attention and actually remember it are the ones with lots of exciting bright colors. The advertisements that make me remember it and its product the most are ones with famous and trust-worthy celebrities using and endorsing that product. This kind of advertisements make me want to go out and buy that product right away!

Experience at ISU

I moved into Illinois State University on August 17^th of 2010. Everything changed so suddenly. For coming to ISU I was mildly excited to come to school here and get to get a great life experience as I would be living on my own. It was all so sudden and summer flew by it felt like, but it was one of my best summers yet. As this summer I was just getting excited and ready for college in the fall. Summer life was amazing; all I did was just hang out with my friends and family and counting down the days until freedom!  Then the day came when my family had to take me and my car loaded with my stuff to move into the dorm. The day was filled with sadness as I’m my mom’s last child and of course it’s for some reason harder to say goodbye and let go of your daughter. Once they left the campus, I was free!

So far I’ve been at Illinois State living on my own for almost a month now. It seems so unreal that it’s been a month since all of my curfews, rules and those annoying chores around the house. It feels so relieving being on my own at college, and I love it, but I do miss everyone back home as well. Sometimes I find myself double checking to look and see if my parents are there to tell me what to do and when to do it. It’s so different being away from home, you’ve lived your life for 18 years of being sheltered and protected from the outside world and not having a worry on your mind. Then coming here and having to deal with life on your own, having to feed and take care of yourself. It’s a major change in my life, and in my opinion I hate change. I like having a simple life, but as of now I like the concept of college and living on my own.

Peer Review 1

When I start to do peer editing and looking over my first draft of my book cover assignment, I would like the editor to focus on my understanding of following the task, color schemes and the elements involved in both the front and back book covers.  The first question I would want the editor to look over is; does the color schemes go well with the overall theme of the book? Is it missing any colors that are necessary with this cover or pictures? I would like them to look over and add on any colors or shades that might be better suited for my book covers. The next question I would like the reader or peer editor to focus on when looking over my covers is this question, does everything visually go well and tie together nicely? Are there any missing elements that should be added to the cover? What other images can be added with a reasoning of it being on the front or back cover of this book? The last question for my peer editing session that I would like them to take a look at would be is the title an important element on the cover? How does the title explain the book and does it match the story well? With this question I want to know if the title goes well with the colors, story and even just matches with the cover. I hope this peer editing session will go well in making my project even better, I love other people’s ideas and advice on how to make things greater.

Book Cover Explorations

Hello. So for this book cover project I’m going to look back to a story that has happened in my life when I was in middle school. This memory is about my older brother, Chris being hospitalized for a heart condition we weren’t aware that he had. For the front cover of my book I was thinking of making it a dark colored background like a black or a grey as this book would be about a distressed time in someone’s life. For the images that would be included on the front I think I would want to have an ambulance vehicle in black and white drawing. I want the ambulance to be in dark colors so it can give off a feeling of dark and sadness. The ambulance would be an important visual, as he had to ride in one to get to the hospital because he was in an unstable condition at that point of time. I was also exploring with the idea of having a deep colored red cross faded into the dark background to give the front cover a little bit of color and show some sort of seriousness in the cover. I want a red cross, as that would be a symbol of the hospital or medical help. For the fonts on the book cover I plan on using a white color so it pops out on the dark colored background and using a corporate gothic font, as it’s a more serious font showing no playfulness. For the back cover I was going to have few quotes from some magazines or newspapers that my target reader’s would be interested in their opinions of my book. I’ve also thought about putting a picture of the author on this back cover to show the readers the author, but not positive in that idea. I will also have the normal barcode and ISBN number to show its price as well.