BE: Composing the Digital Self

By now, most of you have a good start on your list of ten “rules” against which you will check your writing before you send it into the public. Right? Well, in class on Thursday we practiced with our sets of rules. Those of you who might be looking for a writing prompt might try returning to one or two of these passages and taking your hand at an edit. If you publish to your online writing space, be sure to include the original, the update, and your reasons for making the change. Tie your reasons back to your “rules of ten” list, and let’s see how you do.

Here are the passages:

After reading an article entitled Iran Said to Have Nuclear Warhead Plans, I pondered a question what has happened to the United Nations of not so long ago. What is the effectiveness of the U.N.? The U.N. has been the place that has had a major impact on global history over the past 50 years. This organization has seen its fair share of peeks and valleys.

Well that has stopped, time to get my butt back on track. Ok back on topic. I was on Lifehacker and I saw an article about iPods. It basically explains how to emancipate you iPod from the shackles of iTunes.

Hate is a strong word; maybe I shouldn’t have used that one. Loathe could be an appropriate word for how I view technology today. The website building, (while really not that much of a pain), left me frustrated and irritated yesterday. … Class has been interesting as of late however, I would like some time in class to apply the things we set up during the hour.

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