Thlog 8

     I loved PB3A this week. I liked being able to pitch my idea to the class and getting a lot of good, constructive comments about it before I even write. Its almost like a peer edit before I actually write! 
I will probably run with Zack's suggestion to use my older audience idea for my younger audience instead. I wasn't planning on having animals talk and having that magical realism but it is a creative idea and I think I could have fun with it! That means I have to figure out a new idea for my older audience which will be challenging but I'm sure I can work it out. This may be the most challenging WP, but definitely the most fun! I'm excited to get to be a little creative and put all that I've learned into one project.
     I thought that our lesson on summarizing was important. It's something I never really thought very deeply about but I'm glad we touched on it. I thought response 5 on journal 8.2 was pretty insightful when they said that we summarize to remind ourselves of what we read. I forgot that a lot of times, the reader summarizes for themselves and that it's not always a writer summarizing their own work for other readers (like the back of a book or abstract). I summarize every day when I take notes from my textbooks!
    I also learned a lot from our partner work on the choice of word/moment/etc. My choice (word) was pretty easy, but it reminded me about the important relationship between words and pictures. One without the other (especially with comics or other picture based writing) can really lead to some confusing scenarios! I liked group 2's response about moment, " The moments chosen should be significant and represent the most direct route to communicating the plot "I think that's something that I (and everyone else) can take and implement in all of our writing. If something doesn't advance your reader forward or if it isn't significant, it doesn't need to be there! I will definitely be applying this to my portfolio work and re writing my WP's!