Entry #18

I think multigenre writing is a lot more work than the traditional paper, but it can be fun because you get to create a variety of things, such as ads, lists, letters, and business cards. It has shown me that there are other ways of presenting your message to your readers. Plus, the freedom in how the message is presented allows the readers to be entertained and more willing to listen to what you say; its not just another 6 pages full of Times New Roman script about how something matters or why something needs to change. For me, the research has not been all that different from any other, so I really have not learned anything new about me as a researcher, except there are very few books comparing Mac and Windows. As for what I have learned about my topic if I had not if I was writing a traditional research paper, I think I have learned that there are a variety of ways to present my idea, as I do not really see much of a difference, for my topic at least, of the type of sources and research I need and had to do for my sources. I guess for some topics there might be a need for different information, maybe more about people instead of the topic, but I really did not need this information. However, I have had to look up pictures for use as visuals in my genres, so that is something I would not have done for a traditional research paper.