What is writing? What is a remix? Is there a connection between
the two? What are your expectations for this course? What do you hope to gain
out of this course?
Writing is the process of
someone expressing his or her feelings, ideas, and/or fantasies on paper. In my
opinion, it is a type of art captured in words rather than visual elements.
Writing is a process that is never made perfect and requires creativity that is
different in every person. A remix is someone “reforming” or “improving”
someone else’s original idea and making it his or her own in a unique way. This
original idea could be an invention, a piece of art, an essay, or, the most
popular, a song. For example, if an artist comes out with a hit song, then
another artist or person can use the same beat but change the lyrics to their
own liking. Famous rappers like Lil Wayne do this quite often. In 2008-2009 Lil
Wayne produced an album called “No Ceilings.” Over fifty percent of the songs
in the album were remixes; he used other rappers’ songs and beats and rapped
different lyrics. Yes, I do think that there is a connection to both writing
and remixes. All people have similar thoughts and ideas, but we all write and
portray our thoughts in our own unique way. We improve ideas to make it our own
in writing, just like a remix. In this course, I hope to gain better knowledge
of the writing process as a whole. I also hope I can make my writing more
concrete rather than abstract and to have better flow in my essays. I look
forward to learning in this course.
Ryan McCormick
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