After reading the first chapter of the Writer/Designer book and the first two chapters of the Writing and Editing for Digital Media book, I have some new found clarity on this new style of writing. I already knew some of this information coming into this class, but the chapters gave me some real concrete definitions for some new words. I did not know the word mutimodal existed until I read these books, but I can now say that after learning what it is, it makes a lot of sense and I am surprised that this word is not used more throughout schools and the media. The five modes that make up mutimodal writing (visual, linguistic, aural, spatial, and gestural) all make a lot of sense to me and are a good way to categorize such a wide subject. In the Writing and Editing book, I really appreciated how they gave a brief history of writing and media in general because this is information that I have never heard of before and probably would have never heard if I did not read this book. The principles of good writing was also very informative, but I feel that categorizing writing can lead to repetition in writing and a writer's creativity may not be able to be noticed if they have to follow these principles to have writing that is considered "good". I also liked how the second chapter described the differences between digital media and more traditional forms of media. I thought that it covered everything well and I do not feel as if there was anything to add to the section.
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Ivan WarnerI am a first year at Emory University in a English 101 writing course. Archives
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