Journal #1
I am relatively particular about my writing process; I prefer to work at the computer lab because when I am at home I tend to give in to the distractions around me. I also prefer silence or white noise and I have to be comfortable in order to get into the groove of writing. I used to be the type of writer who would overthink everything and/or I would take a very long time thinking of the right words to use. Now I have developed the habit of writing whatever comes to my mind and revising it later. Lately, I have been in a mood to grind out my classwork as soon as I am assigned it so that I do not have to worry about it looming over my head. I used to be more of a procrastinator to where I would do what I wanted to do but I would be consumed by the stress in the back of my mind reminding me of the assignment that was due. I would also wait until the last minute to complete my work, which did not always work out for me. One goal I have as a writer is to become more literate to where I can get my point across with elegance, efficiency, and ease.
Journal #4
The composition I will focus on for this analysis is the verified twitter page of my favorite video game, NBA 2k. Every year, 2k studios has released a new updated version of the NBA 2k series for more than 20 years; this years version being NBA 2K20 which covers the 2019-2020 NBA season. The composition of this page consists of various posts containing text and sometimes media, hashtags or tags of another page. The genre of this composition is a social media page; specifically on twitter. The audience of this work is geared towards the fans of this video game series as well as potential fans that are visiting the page and have not yet fully committed to following the page or playing the video game. The purpose of the compositions on this page is to persuade and advertise the video game so that more gamers will buy the product they are selling. This page also has the purpose of posting about new information coming to the existing games whether that is in the form of an update or an add-on. The person who runs the page is also tasked with generating hype about their product and trying to keep it as relevant as possible to remind their followers of the game they could be playing instead of scrolling through twitter.