All aspects of magazine reflection

* Writing- The writing was the most important part of the magazine. I think my writing was okay, it would've been better. But I liked the process I went through to get my final written draft. I first started off with a photo essay and I was going to revise that then input that to the Ampersand magazine, But after a few critiques I started to dislike my own writing. I felt like it didn't fit in with our magazine and it wasn't a professional piece of writing.I then wrote a whole new article reflecting on my experience at internship & how it's a great experience for high school students. I brought this article in and got it critiqued a few times. I felt much more better about this article. I also learned so much during the process. There was a lot of methods our teacher taught, that I incorporated into my article.

* Editing/* Drafting & Revision- During the editing/critiquing process I learned so much about writing a paper. I used most of the methods our teacher taught us. In between critiques I noticed something I do a lot in my writing and that's writing my sentences extra long with unnecessary words. Some times I will use words in a sentence that do not need to be there. I noticed this after my first critique, when I got my paper back I felt kind of dumb. Because there would be like 5 words crossed out and substituted with 1 or 2 words, which I think made my article way better.So I went through my article trying to find more possible way to make my sentences shorter.

* Layout & Design- I didn't focus much on my layout/design.

* Photography-

* Creativity & Originality

* The printing & publishing process & industry

* Your own thoughts about your path beyond 11th grade (and beyond HTHMA... that's what internship is about, right?)

What did you learn?

How did you learn in?

Why is this important?

Magazine Reflection Part 2

Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?

• I think that my structure has improved the most. I see my paper as more organized now. Before when i used to write papers it was so unorganized and when i wrote my ideas would be all over the page. Another thing that has improved for me was my sentence structure. I learned a lot of different techniques used in writing like not using a lot of ing's , start off strong and end off strong. Another technique I learned was avoiding sledge hammer words. When I would get my paper critiqued I noticed that there were a lot of unnecessary wording.
  

Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?

• I think the overall message of my paper could have improved, I should have worked on that more. Maybe having a more detailed brain storm would have helped.
  

Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.

• Something that improved on my article was my intro. When I first wrote my intro it was so long, but after getting it critiqued by one of my fellow class mates it became much more shorter but still had the same meaning.The very first sentence of my article got much more shorter but still conveyed the message I was trying to say. Which was,
  

Before; "Being a Junior at High Tech High Media Arts requires that you complete an internship.
After;"Juniors at High Tech High Media Arts must complete and internship.

& minor word changes like the one shown above is what makes an article better.

• Another sentenced that I saw change drastically;
  

Before; "In January we had our interviews that would help the school place us in our internships.
After; "In January, we had our interviews for internship placement.

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.

• I learned the,concert not pancakes method, writing style. This method of starting off strong and ending strong helped a lot during revisions of my article. Another method learned that I liked a lot was,using few -ing's. In my intro i have only one ing, which is not that bad I think. Sentence structure was one I focused on the most. When I write my sentences I will sometimes use words that don't need to be there. So sentence structure has helped a lot it made my sentences short & detailed.
  

Magazine Reflection

1. What went well for you during the process of creating this magazine?

Getting helpful feedback. I definitely think that all the critiques were the most important during the process of this magazine. All the feedback I recieved from my fellow classmates was great it made my article much more better. Another thing that went well was working with my editor,Ana, She was very helpful during this project.

2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?

During the first week that we started critiquing I had a copy of my revised photo essay, The more critiques we did the more I started to dislike my photo essay. So during the weekend I wrote out an article about my internship. I first started off by brain storming then I wrote it out and got it critiqued by some of my classmates & teacher.

3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?

There was a lot of other pieces of work that I thought were really good & stood out. But one that stood out the most was Vanessa's because her article was informative but simple. It got straight to the point. I got feedback from her on my paper and it helped a lot. She helped me get rid of unnecessary wording and it helped make my article much more understandable.