Sunday, June 24, 2018

Discussion 9: improve the quality of your blog comments

Collectively (plural YOU), I find you a little bit too stiff when you write your comments. There is a sense of officiality, with a rigid code or writing. I would like you to get looser and express opinions freely. Imagine you are arguing among friends, not giving a speech from a podium. Of course you want to be articulate and well spoken, but keep in mind that you are engaging in a debate. Keep your comments short, lively and to the point. COMMENT: self analysis: does this recommendation apply to you? Do you recognize yourself in the description of the rigid writer? REPLY with a suggestion on how to loosen up on the blog.

14 comments:

  1. I think this does apply to me. I always try to be formal when writing something for school because that is the way I was taught. But writing in a looser fashion is also a great way to express thoughts and ideas about the topic being taught.

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    1. A suggestion on how to loosen up a blog is to write as if you are having a conversation with someone.

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    2. a suggestion can be try to relate the topic to something personal if you could

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  2. Yes, I do feel at times I can be a bit stiff with my comments because I am trying to get my point across while making sure I answer the questions. The style of my writing comes off proper at times when I am trying to answer a specific question.

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    1. A suggestion could be reading your writing out loud to a friend and see what they think. They can tell you if they understood it and if it made sense to them

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  3. A suggestion could be reading your writing out loud to a friend and see what they think. They can tell you if they understood it and if it made sense to them

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  4. I do find myself as a stiff writer because I feel I don’t have life lessons that can be related to the topic. I also don’t want to drag out a thought to the point where I’m constantly repeating myself.

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    1. A suggestion to loosen up your writing could be to try and find a way that a topic relates to you or to a real life experience regardless if you haven't experienced it firsthand.

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  5. I do not think I am a stiff writer but more of a rambler. But I do not think stiff writing is always a bad thing sometimes it helps to get straight to the point and stay of task because sometimes straying off topic can also be harmful.

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    1. A suggestion to loosen up the blog is making sure your posts is always on topic before you click publish.

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  6. I often find my writing to be rigid and stiff because I am trying to respond to the questions being asked of me. I feel that if I stray from that way of responding I will end up rambling and overthinking my responses.

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  7. this recommendation do apply to me most of the time i feel like i need to be rigid in the way that i write because this is a college setting.

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  8. I would consider myself a stiff writer usually and I try not to be. Sometimes I feel that my vocabulary is limited and the way how I articulate myself is becoming less day by day. For being a film critic, sometimes I find myself recycling the same sentences time after time again which transitions to how I write other things such as essays. Now since I am at an advanced level of education it's becoming more difficult as I become more self conscious to the way I write.

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  9. Whenever I am in the rush I keep writing some things that don’t really make sense and I could be all over the place as well as off the topic. And also I understand that this is a formal writing that my professor will be reading, so I want to make sure I write appropriate stuff.

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