Sarah Fletcher
English 1103 Section 7
Some writing doesn't require many steps, such as writing in a journey or diary; you're able to just pick up your writing utensil, grab a piece of paper, and just unload your thoughts on a page, but for the majority of writing, there are numerous steps and thought processes that go into a piece. Below are the steps and processes I underwent when writing my digital essay, "Cupid's Chokehold," based off of Ed Sheeran's music video "Give Me Love."
a writer's steps
"It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly."
- C. J. Cherryh
Step 6
With the music video and connections drawn from the analyzing of the music video (connections to the myth of Cupid and Psyche) I began researching the actual myth along with psychological research on love itself (the idea from this was drawn from the depressed nature of the main character in Sheeran's music video). I pulled all the websites I visited in my research, along with other websites I thought would contribute to my essay, and posted them on a Word document for easy access in the future. I also began rough-drafting my essay.
Step 7
I wrote my essay. No, it was not perfect up front (no essay is perfect in the first draft), but I did incorporate all the analyzing and connections I had drawn from the music video into my essay. I referred back to my links that I had found in Step 5, used my thesis I had written in step 4, and highlighted areas in my essay that I would link digitally in the actual digital essay.
Step 9
With the help of peer reviews, I edited my first draft of my essay to finally get the "perfect essay" outcome that I was striving for. In the link below, you will find the final document with comments in the margins that show the corrections I had made to "Cupid's Chokehold" in the transition from step 6 to step 7.
Step 10
Now, the fun part: spicing up my all new digital essay. With a revised and finished essay, I was able to add the photos and links. Check out "Cupid's Chokehold" here.
After finishing my first draft, we had peer reviews. I thought up some questions I wanted my peers to consider when reading my essay (as shown in the second pink box), which really helped ease my concerns for the essay. One of peers wrote his comments concerning my questions in the purple box.
Both of my peers commented directly on my rough draft. All the comments received really helped me ease my concerns for the essay and ultimately improve my digital essay.
Continuation of my marked-up rough draft.
After finishing my first draft, we had peer reviews. I thought up some questions I wanted my peers to consider when reading my essay (as shown in the second pink box), which really helped ease my concerns for the essay. One of peers wrote his comments concerning my questions in the purple box.
Friendly Reminder: As we travel through my writing journey together, don't forget to hover over the images to view steps and read descriptions!