What is style, part 2

I still feel that style is the same thing I thought it was in the beginning of the term. Style is a regular or typical form that you or your work takes. Your style may change depending on the medium or the topic, but overall, it stays pretty much the same. Learning new tricks, and having new tools at your disposal may help your style to evolve into something more streamlined or pleasing to the senses, but at its root, it is still the same.
As for the class, I found the reading to be very interesting, as well as the movies we watched. I will forever think of youtube in a different manner, and I also have more experience with various mediums than I did before the class. However, the class as a whole seemed to concentrate more on writing theory than it did on actual writing style. Perhaps by concentrating on the theory, we as writers may change our style slightly, but I feel as though this class was more about philosphy. I liked it, and I wish that personal issues hadn't arisen midway through the term, which had caused me to spend a considerably smaller amount of time on class work.

Peer Review part 4

The process of peer reviewing can only be written about so many times. I feel that it is a process that I understand pretty well, and had a firm grasp on before this class. It is important for many reasons, such as editing, as well as getting ideas and such from others. However, I have always thought that the best peer reviewer is someone who is as interested in your work as you are. Someone who does it solely for the sake of an assignment will be less helpful (typically), than someone who would do it of their own free will.
Further, the editor needs to know what they are talking about. Everyone can give good ideas, but as far as the techniques involved in the writing go, sometimes you need to ignore advice that is just wrong. Again, the person you pick as your editor is probably the most important step in the peer review process.
When it comes to being an editor, it is best to try and find some reason to be interested in the work, and to set aside adequate time to be as helpful to them as you can be. Make as many suggestions as you can, both in regards to the form, as well as the function of the writing.

Looking back, Looking forward

There are many similarities between making a movie and making a comic. Both use pictures and dialouge to help express ideas. Movies have the extra helping hand of music and sound, while comics have the possibility of having narration bubbles. Both make use of symbols, and both have to deal with transitions. Ong and Baron both comment on the evolution of writing as a technology, and movies are basically the next evolutionary step of writing. Many people see a large gap between writing and making movies, but I have always felt that they are truely one and the same. Many of the same rules apply to both. You have to keep a pace that the audience can keep up with, while at the same time keeping them entertained enough to keep them reading/watching. To that end, Strunk and White, and also Williams, have many rules that help make writing clear, such as being concise, omitting needless words, etc. All of these can be applied to scenes in film as well.