Thlogging 2

Because thought blogging is more of a free-writing(I used a hyphen), I'm not planning on writing in chronological order of what we have learned and will probably end up going backwards or something. I found the last two readings, Shitty First Drafts and Responding-Really Responding-to other Students' Writing(the title includes a dash) to be extremely helpful for moving forward in class. Shitty First Drafts allowed me to truly feel normal when I write really bad first drafts and when I start writing anything. This sentence basically sums up any time that I begin writing anything, "The right words and sentences do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time." Then, Responding-Really Responding-to other Students' Writing was really helpful in informing me what exactly should be my goals when commenting on my peers' writing because most of the time, I have no idea what I should be saying and what is probably too mean. Both of the readings included awesome tips for future drafts and peer comments. 

The hyphen and dash tip was a pretty cool grammar refresher and I would appreciate more of those once in a while. I liked when we got more specific on conventions and how they can be visual, quantitative, content-based, and written-language based. It will definitely help for dissecting the genre I choose in my writing project. Revisiting vocabulary from the beginning of class was useful in keeping all the words we have been learning from class and readings in my head. While writing the genre generators project builder, I struggled to start it but while writing it was easy to keep going. After class on Wednesday though, I realized I could have gone much deeper into conventions and what they mean. After the comic strip activity, I'd like to think I will be more thorough in my analyzation of genre conventions.