In Class Lab: Writers, Authors, and Genres

Similarities:  

    We can agree that being an author is sharing information to one another.

    We can agree that there are different levels of being an author.

    Writing is a form of expression, and communication.

     Everyone has the possibly of being an author if they have a way to broadcast               there writing to an audience.

Differences:

     Some of us see Facebook posts as a way of being an author at any given time,       but some believe there is a divine line.

     Texting was torn with being counted as an actual author, or not.

  

Writers:	Authors:
Private (Journal, Diary)	Share(Books, Articles, Newspaper)
Only have to learn about themselves.	Have to learn their audience.
Writers don’t need a filter.	Authors need to be careful with what they say.
Writers don’t need citations.	Authors need to cite there sources.

Type of Writing:	Why I Enjoy/Despite:
Blog Posts	Sharing with ease with friends, and family. In developed cases.
Guides	Sometimes can it be too complicated, or not enough information.
Shopping List	There organized, and to the point.
Letter		Usually friendly, or with an objective.

  (By Tori) To-Do List   

Please help me get ready for our costume party by doing these things

1.      Buy cake, napkins, décor and CD’s

2.      Send invitations

3.      Decorate the interior of the apartment

4.      Set up candy for the trick-or-treaters

(By Jacob Smith) LETTER

           Dear Bob,

          I am of need of your assistance. There is party coming late this October, and the event is a costume gathering, but there’s a problem. The supplies we currently hold aren’t enough to provide to the people who are attending. What I need is for you to gather food, and hire a DJ for some hot jams. As well as candy for the children who happen to approach the door that late night, but before all that I really need you to send out invitations to everyone in the state. If you can do all this, I would be very much if your debt. Thank you.

                                                                                      -Jacob

(By Ælfhild Wiklund) Peotry

Friend of mine, friend dear

Please help me with the party on the darkest day of the year,

Follow me to fetch pumpkins from the squash field

Several stalks of corn from this year’s yield

The wood to build the bonfire bright

And help me fill the cider jug to pour the toasts of the night,

Then dance with me around the burning fire

That our combined efforts have built higher

Communiques: Shopping list is simple and to the point, the letter is friendly and the poem is focused on the words lending its form to tell a story.