Consider a paper you have recently written. Make a drawing that represents the key concrete activities you engaged in as part of this writing process. Be sure to include activities involved in invention (like reading, talking to others, coming up with ideas about the paper-wherever that might happen) as well as inscription (like the actual production of the text, your drafts and notes). Then draw another visual representation in which you create a visual metaphor (or metaphors) that represents key elements of your process of writing the paper. Compare the two representations. Do they tell you different things about the process? What does each include? What does each exclude?
The work I picked was a paper analysing a Samuel Adams commercial from the Super Bowl of my Advertising class. The first picture I drew was me sitting at my desk with my textbook, notes, and computer. On the computer is Microsoft Word and my research from the Internet. I am asking my "why?" The metaphor for the writing process I choice was shooting free throws Dr. J style.
Each one is designed to represent how ideas come to me for writing. I generate as many ideas as i can and then try them out. Some work, some don't, and some I don't use. Its like shooting basketball. Some times the ball will go in and other times I'll miss (Just like ideas). They differ in the writing process because I can take an idea that does not really work or I don't fully understand and still fit in somewhere somehow. Each drawing includes me trying to work out a way my many ideas can fit into my writing. Sometime I just go with my first idea and develop it all the way. This is because too many ideas can lead to confusion and lack of focus. They differ in the fact that the computer can help. Using the internet, I can look up articles, interviews, and fellow students opinions to help change and develop an idea. On the basketball court I am alone.
Each one is designed to represent how ideas come to me for writing. I generate as many ideas as i can and then try them out. Some work, some don't, and some I don't use. Its like shooting basketball. Some times the ball will go in and other times I'll miss (Just like ideas). They differ in the writing process because I can take an idea that does not really work or I don't fully understand and still fit in somewhere somehow. Each drawing includes me trying to work out a way my many ideas can fit into my writing. Sometime I just go with my first idea and develop it all the way. This is because too many ideas can lead to confusion and lack of focus. They differ in the fact that the computer can help. Using the internet, I can look up articles, interviews, and fellow students opinions to help change and develop an idea. On the basketball court I am alone.
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