Reflection on Project 3

This post will go over some of the things that I did in between drafts of project 3.

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1. The most important thing that I had to revise was the formatting of the draft to fit into the genre I was writing for.  I had to add hyperlinks and find places where I could create smaller paragraphs to better fit the genre.  I also added a banner at the top with the title because that is how it looks on the website.

2.  I changed my thesis a little to make it more clear that I would be refuting a certain point of view.  Also I changed my organization to make shorter paragraphs in general.

3. I made these changes because after reading through the article I realized that it is not particularly clear that it is a refutation, so I wanted the earlier paragraphs to reflect that better.

4. I think that the only way that they affect my credibility is the fact that it is more on topic, so it is more effective.  Aside from that it does not much affect credibility.

5. These better address the audience because it is better at addressing the specific topic, and will be better at addressing potential questions about the issue.

6.  I changed structure to generally be shorter when possible, and I tried to cut down on jargon as much as possible and keep it relatively informal.

7. The changes will assist my audience in understanding my purpose because especially the first two paragraphs have been changed extensively to make them seem more specific and relevant to my argument.

8. I did go through a few iterations of my draft and how it reflects the genre.  I initially thought that I was going to model it after articles on gizmodo, but I changed it to a less image based tech blog after giving the nature of the topic some thought.

9. I do think that this project has helped me to establish my identity as a writer because I have been able to state my opinion in a way that I have essentially complete control over.