Monday, September 22, 2014

Scrapbooks and Zines

Katriel and Farrell help me understand more about what everyday writing is along with Zines. Both of these forms of writing are personal and have so much freedom and both are forms of everyday writing. Katriel and Farrell explained how no two scrapbooks are the same, which I found to be interesting. It’s not something I really every thought about but it’s very true. Scrapbooks are personal and not to be published but are to be shared with close friends and family. This relates to other forms of everyday writing that we have spoken about in class. For example, a diary is an extremely personal form of everyday writing. Someone who writes in a diary does not intend to share those entries with anyone except maybe a significant other or someone else very close to them. Diaries are most definitely not intended to be published for the world to see. Scrapbooks are also very specific. Each note, newspaper article, photograph, etc. that was placed in the scrapbook has a reason to be there and even a story behind it. Zines are also specific and personal to the author, but they are intended to be published. It can be anything the author wants it to be, and I think that freedom is one of the reasons why it can be considered everyday writing.

-Olivia Caputo

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