A genre I interact with a lot is mostly  reality television, Instagram posts, and YouTube Videos. I find myself interacting with these the most because most of the information on there is short, sweet, and gets to the point right away. It also tends to be more humorous which makes it easier for me to pay attention especially since I tend to get distracted really easily and lose interest pretty fast. This genre definitely shapes the way I write and how I write it because I tend to only write about things I feel are interesting to talk about as well as writing about informative stuff that would be the most useful to the reader instead of beating around the bush and making them wait to read through the fourths of an article just to get the one piece of  information theyâre looking for. What makes my genre the genre it is is the way it never fails to grab your attention. Even though reality tv and social media tends to be fabricated most of the time, it can make almost anybody turn their heads to look at what theyâre talking about without having to really do much, and if you donât hear it straight from the source, youâll most likely hear it from somebody you know or another social media platform or tv channel thatâs passing it on.  The genre of Amy Tans âMother Tongueâ is the English language, in the story she talks about how being exposed to different kinds of the language such as her foreign mothers broken English and American accent English have drastically affected the way she navigates through life as well as how other people see her.
Author: Jayla Cintron
After reading âShitty First Draftsâ, my view on writing as a process has changed a little bit because it reassured me that itâs okay to mess up and try again later. Something in common that I saw with Lamottâs process and mine when it comes to writing is that when Iâm doing a rough draft for the first time I tend to just write whatever pops in my head and not really put too much thought into it, however, when I read over it and itâs not perfect to me I automatically get frustrated and either give up or write about something completely different that I feel will sound better. Steps in her process that I would like to use in future writings is like she says âtrusting the processâ as well as taking the time to actually go through my rough drafts with a colored pen and revising it to make it better instead of automatically giving up on the writing as a whole when I donât feel itâs good enough the first time around.
When Mike Bunn says “You are already an author” in his article I think he means that you’re the one that writes your own story, and in this case the story is your life. If you really think about it whether it’s from a first or third person point of view everybody is capable of writing and narrating their own life story in a way that nobody else can since you’re the one who experiences everything first hand and there are a bunch of details that only you know of that would be left out if somebody else wrote it for you. Me personally, I occasionally write in a journal or type up wordy posts on this small instagram account I have that all of the people I’m close with follow. Even though it’s usually rants or about controversial topics, this existing expertise will help me with my reading and writing for college and beyond because of the amount of words I learn subconsciously to make my sentences sound more put together as well as always making sure that it’s clear which topic I’m writing about and wording it in a way that’ll grab attention the quickest and keep the reader intrigued (depending on the topic). Something I noticed in Bunn’s article that I would like to try doing with my own writing is add more liveliness to it so it feels like you’re actually talking to me when you read my stuff especially since I’m the kind of person who doesn’t really talk that much in real life, but on paper or a screen I could write/type out a whole storybook cause I feel that it’s easier and less anxiety inducing to communicate and express myself that way so i might as well make the best of it right?