Yes, this is my second part/post of my almost late blogger posts. (Ha, ALMOST. note that word. ha... =D) TOPIC: Identify FOUR factors of quality article writing and discuss how you incorporate it into your own writing.
Hmm... well in the previous post I think I identified three out of my four personal standards of writing: voice, knowledge, eloquence. I'm not quite sure what my fourth standard of quality writing is/would be... OHP! CONFIDENCE! Although, according to my previous post, confidence falls under my definition of eloquence, it does have a very high significance in (my) writing.
VOICE: Most of my written pieces have a lot of voice (or so says many of my current and previous English teachers). I really value this aspect of writing because a person is most likely writing to show what they think, and in turn, to voice their opinion about a topic.
KNOWLEDGE: I really like to have the necessary amount of knowledge to make my writing valid. (Seriously, who wants to make an embarrassment out of themselves because they said something wrong?) And if my knowledge can help me in a discussion, then I can have bragging rights to say "HA I KNOW MORE THAN YOU". (I know, it's mean, but that's how I function... so DEAL WITH IT. lol.)
ELOQUENCE: This is my weak point as I notice my grammar is not up to par in parts of my writing. It's kinda sad really, because I remember being the 'grammar queen' so to speak in seventh grade. My friends call me the "English queen" as a joke, especially when they want me to edit one of their papers. When editing, I usually won't find anything wrong with the paper unless the writing is inconsistent with the author's voice and knowledge. I know that I need to work on this as I have received comments from my teachers and my more hard-core writer friends.
CONFIDENCE: This is not necessarily my weak spot nor my strength. I guess it depends on how my voice of my written piece ends up. My confidence usually works very closely with the voice of my piece, which is usually greatly affected by the topic I am writing about. If I can't bring myself to believe/agree with my writing topic, my voice won't come out into the piece for display, then I don't feel very confident in my writing. It shows when I don't have confidence in my writing and I end up with lower grades and lower quality papers.
I will continue to incorporate these and improve these aspects of my writing in whatever form I come across. Hopefully, I'll be a lot better in my eloquence and more consistent with my topic confidence.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Another post... (after a super looong while)
As I expected, I haven't really kept up with my blogging assignments... (>_<) Therefore, here I am again, writing (more like cramming) another longer set of blog posts than I would have needed to if I kept up with the assignments. (Haha, oh, the irony of my lazy stupidity...)
First topic (of my required minimal two posts): Quality in journalism in any aspect:
Hmm... QUALITY... Well, especially in regards to journalism, I really value voice of the writer. Quality (in writing) to me shows what a writer is thinking, and uses their ability to use/PLAY with words to explain his/her thoughts. I mean, the best people I have come across are the people who have exciting personalities, and not totally dry and strict on themselves.
It is possible that I like the pieces of writing that convey the best of someone's personalities. Looking at the previous sentence, the best of someone's personalities means the good AND the bad aspects. A piece of writing could be one of the best pieces of writing and have one of the darkest points of views on the planet (i.e. EDGAR ALLAN POE => one of the best poets known to the English writing world). I actually like it when a person can take the opposite side of the common argument. I think about taking the opposite side of an argument, but don't do it very often due my lack of knowledge to back up my reasoning.
KNOWLEDGE: A KEY FACTOR IN JOURNALISM... I think that having valid information is one of the most important factors of making a journalism piece. I have seen this one article (in the University of Hawaii's school newspaper) regarding my school's (Punahou School) annual carnival and where all the funds go towards.
LINK: (You might find it interesting, depending on your standpoint.)
http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2007/02/01/Editorials/Dont-Go.To.The.Punahou.Carnival.Its.Social.Injustice-2794231.shtml
FOLLOW UP ARTICLE:
http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2008/01/31/Commentary/Revisiting.The.Punahou.Carnival-3179994.shtml
The author, probably (in my opinion) didn't do very much research to back up his story. Although some of it does make sense, a lot of it can be considered a logical fallacy. (Haha, a Humphrey's moment... Nolan'll get this.) There were many comments from Punahou students and alumni and carnival fans (as a follow up article stated) criticizing this article. It was interesting to read the article and comments as the comments had a lot of facts to back up the criticism. At times, I thought that the comments were stronger than the article because of the supporting facts that were stated. Facts are also important because if a writer gets the information incorrect, the article will most likely be taken as a joke (or something of a fool's paragraph) by the readers.
ELOQUENCY: A KEY FACTOR IN VOICE...
Eloquency can make or break a person's writing voice in a way. Eloquence doesn't need to a sentence with long and complicated words. It just needs to make sense, HAVE CONFIDENCE in what the author is writing about, and show the writer's voice. A person could have one of the best writing voices, but how they put out their writing voice is crucial to display the 'fullness' of the voice. The eloquence of a person's writing is also important to show the degree of his/her opinion on the matter (news or editorial). Again, as I stated in my paragraph about knowledge&facts, if a journalist writes in a very confusing way that the message and/or voice is unclear, the article will most likely be taken as a joke (or something of a fool's paragraph) by the readers.
.... *reading over post...* I think that sums up my personal key factors to a quality article (news or editorial). I guess that's one down, another one to go! =D
First topic (of my required minimal two posts): Quality in journalism in any aspect:
Hmm... QUALITY... Well, especially in regards to journalism, I really value voice of the writer. Quality (in writing) to me shows what a writer is thinking, and uses their ability to use/PLAY with words to explain his/her thoughts. I mean, the best people I have come across are the people who have exciting personalities, and not totally dry and strict on themselves.
It is possible that I like the pieces of writing that convey the best of someone's personalities. Looking at the previous sentence, the best of someone's personalities means the good AND the bad aspects. A piece of writing could be one of the best pieces of writing and have one of the darkest points of views on the planet (i.e. EDGAR ALLAN POE => one of the best poets known to the English writing world). I actually like it when a person can take the opposite side of the common argument. I think about taking the opposite side of an argument, but don't do it very often due my lack of knowledge to back up my reasoning.
KNOWLEDGE: A KEY FACTOR IN JOURNALISM... I think that having valid information is one of the most important factors of making a journalism piece. I have seen this one article (in the University of Hawaii's school newspaper) regarding my school's (Punahou School) annual carnival and where all the funds go towards.
LINK: (You might find it interesting, depending on your standpoint.)
http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2007/02/01/Editorials/Dont-Go.To.The.Punahou.Carnival.Its.Social.Injustice-2794231.shtml
FOLLOW UP ARTICLE:
http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2008/01/31/Commentary/Revisiting.The.Punahou.Carnival-3179994.shtml
The author, probably (in my opinion) didn't do very much research to back up his story. Although some of it does make sense, a lot of it can be considered a logical fallacy. (Haha, a Humphrey's moment... Nolan'll get this.) There were many comments from Punahou students and alumni and carnival fans (as a follow up article stated) criticizing this article. It was interesting to read the article and comments as the comments had a lot of facts to back up the criticism. At times, I thought that the comments were stronger than the article because of the supporting facts that were stated. Facts are also important because if a writer gets the information incorrect, the article will most likely be taken as a joke (or something of a fool's paragraph) by the readers.
ELOQUENCY: A KEY FACTOR IN VOICE...
Eloquency can make or break a person's writing voice in a way. Eloquence doesn't need to a sentence with long and complicated words. It just needs to make sense, HAVE CONFIDENCE in what the author is writing about, and show the writer's voice. A person could have one of the best writing voices, but how they put out their writing voice is crucial to display the 'fullness' of the voice. The eloquence of a person's writing is also important to show the degree of his/her opinion on the matter (news or editorial). Again, as I stated in my paragraph about knowledge&facts, if a journalist writes in a very confusing way that the message and/or voice is unclear, the article will most likely be taken as a joke (or something of a fool's paragraph) by the readers.
.... *reading over post...* I think that sums up my personal key factors to a quality article (news or editorial). I guess that's one down, another one to go! =D
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