Choosing a genre, academic paper, and Pick a medium and Genre for mock up.
The what and the how.
goals: increase followers in order to get their works of art out their. Wants others to see his artistic abilities and creativity. Possible internship over the summer. Graduating with a English degree so something that involves creativity. Photography.
One way to look at it is through how other professionals present themselves in this field. Look into their professions.
Notes on Profession:
- Job opportunities: speech writer, copy writer, public relations manager, advertising manager, social media manager,
- My client has creative profiles in which he presents motivational quotes and his own photography which can look for jobs in which advertising would be required.
- Speech Writer: get internship with political campaign or business. Prepare examples of your rhetorical ability. Post some of your literature through social media. Could post your creative writing with creative photography. Found that Stephen Fishbach a famous speech writer posts his blog sites to twitter in order to increase his web connections. Also posts about his accomplishments with links.
What is the best medium or genre for my client to use to bolster their credibility: The best medium would be a blog, but any site in which he can present his rhetorical abilities. WordPress. The best genre would be creative writing, because he enjoys being creative, and is receiving a degree in english and rhetoric eventually. There are alot of job opportunities through rhetoric, and his creativity can be included.
Go see natalie in writing center for mock up creation.
genre conventions: are the expectations of certain writing. for example formal or informal. what kind of citations are required. try not to disrupt someones expectations.
Constraints for twitter would be 140 characters. Twitter is called microblogging. another constraint would be privacy settings.
Positives for twitter are retweets, or posts, or sharing.
Constraint for Blog is digital text that are longer than the modern phase of microblogging. The digital format itself is a constraint. Depending on the generation viewing blog some may not consider to be as academic. May not see value of online publication. Can effect ethos. Limited connections of blogs.
Benefits of blogs ability to embed things within them. The ability to present your ideas thoroughly.
summarizing important for blogs. Have others summarize work. reading and blogging about other literature.
