Thlog 9

            In writing 2 this week, we talked about how to “write with pictures,” which may be particularly helpful for some people when creating WP3 if they choose to use a visual genre, like a comic. I learned about 5 major aspects of comics that must be considered if someone wants to create one that is concise and effective, meaning that it gives the reader all of its relevant information in a way that is not confusing and gets whatever point across that it may have. I never considered these 5 aspects, but I see now that they are always present in comics but may also drastically alter its meaning if changed. The choice of “moments”—the moments in time of a story that are chosen—are crucial, as well as choice of frame—the extent to which background is included and what angle a scene is portrayed from--, choice of image—how an image is drawn--, choice of word—what text there will be and how it will be used effectively--, and choice of flow—how a reader will be navigated through the comic. Each aspect has many of its own features that need to be considered as well when creating a comic; for instance, when choosing what sort of moment to use, some of the types include moment to moment, action to action, subject to subject, scene to scene, aspect to aspect, and non sequitur. In class, we also went over different sorts of genres that could be used to translate academic articles to be age-specific. In this process, I was reminded that there are A LOT of genres out there. When reviewing other classmates’ ideas for WP3, someone brought up prescription-medication labels as a genre. My eyes are now opened bigger, and I realize the vast choices I have for creating my genre-translations.