Writing for Digital Media

This week we were asked to pick between the two prompts called "Ask somebody to coffee. Afterward, write down everything you remember about the conversation." and "Make a phone call. Diagram the conversation." I did not find this weeks prompts as challenging as I usually do but I did find them both intriguing. I felt as if I could easily answer both this week but I chose the prompt, "Ask somebody to coffee." Here at UPJ I am the president of a club on campus that I will keep unnamed for the sole fact that I like the anonymity of it. Also, I feel the need to keep things a bit private because I do not want people knowing what my advisor and I discuss regarding the club. If anyone has seen the corresponding Instagram post then you may have noticed it is not very detailed. I did that on purpose because if the world was meant to know the details then the world would have been invited to coffee as well. Anyway, this was my first coffee date I have ever been ...

I find myself challenged with the prompts every week. I found this weeks prompts, "What are you hoarding for yourself that could be shared with others?" and "Who do you feel are your competitors? Could you turn them into collaborators? How?" to be the most challenging so far. The prompt I chose to do was "What are you hoarding for yourself that could be shared with others?" I did not write anything long or elaborate on this page because I find myself keeping what I wrote on this page to myself often. I wrote four words on this page, "My thoughts or feelings."  Growing up I was always afraid to speak out in fear of being rejected even though my dad always told me to stand up for what I believe in even if no one else does. It has always bothered me that I always kept quiet because some conversations I have been apart of in high school would really fire me up. Instead of saying anything I would simply nod or say, "alright" and walk...

This week we had the option to eavesdrop on a conversation or get super creative with a blank page with little dots on it. I found both to be challenging yet both were super easy, in my opinion. I think people eavesdrop everyday whether they admit it or not, I mean it's so simple to do! Sit on a hallway bench or wait in line at the tuck and you are guaranteed to hear an ongoing conversation. I found myself not listening to anyone, which has to be a lie because I go to class and wander the hallways just like every other UPJ student does. I guess I should say that I didn't hear anything juicy enough to retrieve from my memory and share with you so I apologize for that. Due to this minor hiccup this week I chose to do the other prompt option. The other prompt in our journals was titled, "Ask the person nearest to you what you should do with this page." The person that was nearest to me at the time was my roommate who I will keep unnamed due to this blog being so public...

This week we could pick between two journal prompts: "10 questions I have" or "10 things I want to learn." I found both to be very interesting and challenging at the same time. I figured depending on the way one looked at either of these prompts one could fly through with easy tasks or questions or challenge themselves with tasks or questions that never could be answered. I tend to be the person that asks questions that never can be answered so I chose to do the prompt, "10 things I want to learn." On my list I'd first like to focus on number one, to learn to speak Spanish fluently. I want to learn speaking Spanish because of my uncle. He lives in Florida and Spanish is his first language, English his second. I have visited him every summer, going on three years now. He is slowly teaching me a variety of simple words and phrases. After my second summer visiting my uncle I decided when I came back to school that I would pursue my Spanish interest. T...