Writing Techniques

                Writing has never really come easy to me. I have always had trouble transferring what ideas I have in my head, down on to my paper. When I am assigned a paper there are two very different ways I can approach it. I either decide to put it off until the last night before its due, or I do the whole thing the day it is assigned. However, most of the time I put off my paper until the night before it is due. Nevertheless, I feel as though this is when some of my best writing gets done. I do well under pressure and when I am crunched for time, the best parts of my writing come out. Usually when I am pulling an all nighter like this, I will find myself a nice quiet spot where no one can bother me. In order for me to write I have to have complete silence so that I can really think about what it is I want to say. I also need to be away from the internet and my phone as I will surely find myself distracted for long periods of time. However, when I decide to write the paper the day it is assigned I take a much different approach.

                If I am assigned a paper that really interest me, more times than not I will write it the day it is due. When I do this I take a very different approach than when I am writing my paper the night before it is due. I feel much more relaxed writing my paper the day it is assigned. There is no rush to get it done and most likely I will go to the library, put in my iPod, and get it done. Seeing as how I am writing the paper the day of usually means the project really interest me. This means that I can successfully write with my iPod in and facebook up. In fact I use these things as a source of inspiration. I see what other people are talking about, here what people are saying in my favorite songs,  and use that write in unique ways that I would not have thought about on my own.

Advertisment

Advertisements are everywhere we look. Most of us never think twice about these articles. However, there are those certain few ads that really catch our eye and make us stop and look at them. The reasons that we pay attention to these ads are because of things that are appealing like color, font, symbols, pictures, or size. Types of colors that make you pay attention to an advertisement are bright colors. These colors work well in unique fonts that make the text really pop off the page. Nevertheless, many companies are able to achieve a bright colorful advertisement and still not be successful. The real hard part about making an ad that is successful is having a symbol that people recognize and remember. This is the reason companies like Geico and Panda Express are so successful. These companies use things in their advertisements that make people remember them.  For example, Panda Express uses the Panda as its symbol in all of its advertisements. Because of this everyone thinks of Panda Express whenever they see a Panda; or Geico when they see a gecko. This is the concept that every company is searching for in its advertisement because, ultimately, these symbols are what make people want to buy their product. For instance, if you are a new driver that needs car insurance and you have no idea what is a good company, where do you think you will buy your insurance at? More than likely you will get your insurance at Geico because you are always seeing their ads with the cute little gecko on them and that is the first company you think of. The same thing goes for Panda Express. If somebody is in the mood for Chinese food but does not know where to eat, they will more than likely end up at Panda Express because they love the little Panda in their advertisements. In the end it the goal for every company to have some symbol in their ad that makes people remember them and will, conclusively, help them sell more of their product.

Tosh.0

            If you have never seen an episode of Tosh.0 before, than I highly suggest you bless yourself by watching one. Daniel Tosh has recently come out with a new show called Tosh.0 on Comedy Central that has raised comedy standards to a whole new level. However, with every new show come new critics. Daniel's way of making people laugh is by making fun of other people he finds on the internet. For most people this does not bother them, seeing as how they are not the ones getting made fun of. Nevertheless, for the select few that are at the source of our laughter, they've had enough. Celebrities and average people alike who have been made fun of on Tosh.0, claim that Daniel Tosh is racist, crude and deserves to be put off the air. All the same, ratings don’t lie and one thing’s for sure, people really like to watch Tosh.0. So I guess the question we have to ask ourselves is do we allow this hysterical show to go on, at the expense of a few poor souls, or do we take it off the air to give the critics a peace of mind?

            If it were up to me, I’d let the show live on. After all, the only people Tosh.0 makes fun of are people who deserve to get made fun of. Daniel takes the most popular funny videos off the web and breaks them down while he makes jokes about them. Now I don’t know if it’s just me or not, but I believe if something funny or embarrassing happens to you and you put a video of it on the internet, you don’t mind other people laughing at it. Yes, Daniel Tosh does go too far sometime with some of the things he says, but for the most part it is just quality comedy that deserves to stay on the air.

Blog Entry 3

I am not really sure how to start off this blog so I am just going to jump right into it. I have decided to change my book title. After some consideration I felt that with my old book title, people really would not know what I was trying to sell. So I have since changed my title to pertain more to my book. Do you think that I made the right choice? As for my book; I am taking my experiences that I had in Germany and using them to try and sell people on the country. I hope that if people see my book cover and look at all the pictures, they will want to go to Germany themselves. However, I am not quite sure if this is following the topic of this project perfectly. What can I do to better stay on track? And finally, I feel like my front cover is not eye popping enough. I really want people to notice this book and if it is dull and boring no one will want to buy it. What can I do to make this book cover stand out more? Also, I feel like I should change the title of my book to "Germany!" instead of "Deutschland" because not everybody knows what Deutschland is. Should I make this change or keep the title I have now? Thanks for the input!

-Jake

Book Cover Explorations

I've decided that my book will be about my trip to Germany this summer and all the fun times I had there. By writing about this I am hoping to sell people on the fact that Germany is a great place to visit and that if they are proposed with the opportunity to vacation overseas, Germany will be the first place they think of. For the front of my book cover I plan on making it very eye catching. I want to have a yellow border to represent the yellow in the German flag as well as big red lettering with black outline to represent the other two colors that are on the flag. As for a title I have decided on the words "Anyway Malaka". This is not a German saying at all, in fact, it's a mixture of Greek and English. However, when I was over there it was the phrase I found myself saying the most. It's something that a good majority of the kids say over there and it's basically the equivalent of us saying "it's all good bro". To fill in the rest of my cover I want to make a collage of picture's from my trip. I plan on using pictures that don't have me in them so that people can see what the country is like as a whole and not just me. As for the back I am going to keep the same yellow border and font scheme as well as add a barcode in the bottom right. I also want to put some ratings from popular magazines as well as some German sayings that are very common and have to do with having fun. On top of that I am considering putting a German flag somewhere on the back just so people know for sure what country I'm trying to sell them on. Well that's it so far let me know what you think!