revising

The readings for the homework helped me out with some great tips for revising. Revising is very importnant for writing an A paper. You never no if there is something you missed or messed up on unless you go back and check. I already knew most of the advising tips, but even going over them helped me remember good ways to check my work. I always revise after I write the whole paper because if I do it piece by piece because I will get off track and confuse myself with where I was going. I do find it hard however to revise my work to its full potential and usually have someone else help me with the process.

A Twisted World

I thought ths excerpt was very humorous and interesting. The way the author portrayed celbraties was funny and interesting to read. it kept my attention the whole time. I also agree with the perspecitive that america would be screwed if famous people started to run our government. I thought it was interesting that the whole subject was wrapped up in the end with the statement, "Clearly, thins could be worse," because I did not know what the point of the excerpt was, I just enjoyed reading it.

Example Essay Reaction

I am focuing in the first one, the kid from band. I liked how his project all tied together, including the music that he chose because of his teacher. It helped me consider different approaches to my project. Also, it showed how the basic set up should be. I thought that his choice of color and text was good too because it went along with thte theme of his school. Watching all the videos made it easier for me to figure out how I am going to set up my Essay #1.

Essay 1 Idea

For my visual essay I will be going through the process of an art project. The project I am showing is actually a painting of myself. I will begin with pictures of the experimental proccess of choosing the picture I want to paint. Then I will show the proccess of mistakes a redoing things, and remmixing colors. My point I am trying to get across is all the effort that can go into a simple painting to make sure the "idea" in the photo is read clearly by the audience.