Our Week 7 Monday class saw us pitching our ideas for the critical piece that will be published on our anthology website. The class was designed to be interactive, with each person proposing their idea and then receiving feedback and further points of consideration in return. It demonstrated the benefits of group discussion and collaboration, as each topic was fleshed out and our classmates could provide us with new or interesting angles that we hadn’t initially considered, as well as further examples that we could draw on. Overall, everyone’s pitches formed a highly varied pool of ideas – together, the class with be looking critically at a range of films, film genres, TV series, music, pop culture trends, food and much more.
Important to note, donuts were present in this class to fuel some of our energy and encourage the flow of ideas, generously gifted by Alexia. After 2 and a half hours of brainstorming our last half hour saw us creating something of a ‘lucky dip’ out of our (unashamedly) empty donut box through which we contributed ideas for the name of our website.
In Wednesday’s class we delved into the nitty gritty of grammar, with a notable absence of over half the class. It may be mundane but it’s important nonetheless, and this session definitely clarified a few of those finer grammatical details that I often find myself caught up on. We also went over the concept of having a passive and active voice. I found this exercise particularly relevant to my writing – I am certainly guilty of stringing out passive sentences in order to meet word counts, or to sugar coat the content by adding more words to make it sound ‘smarter’ than what it is. I’m glad this was emphasised as something to be aware of, and when writing in the future I will make a more conscious effort to deviate from using long-winded, passive sentences and start using a more concise and active voice. This all seemed like basic stuff but it is essential to know as aspiring writers, and going back over these writing and grammar tips will allow us to improve the quality of our work.
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