Maggie Flanagan

cnu ‘24 || english and political science major - writing and human rights & conflict resolution minors || student account

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

this class! Thank you Dr. Stover for such a great semester! #cnuengl350

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

When I signed up for this class, I didn't know what to expect. I was just looking for a different kind of writing than what I would be doing in my other writing intensive courses. I really enjoyed this class and I feel that I have gained a lot of skills in writing and digital

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

technology. Doing the coding project with XML taught me coding skills, and all of our blog post and especially the grant project taught me how to be a better writer in styles that I didn't have much practice in before this class. This was a great semester and I'm glad I took

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

to cut things out. I enjoy peer review because it is always nice to have another person who is unfamiliar with the work to read it for the first time, since they will be able to put things out I may have missed. #cnuengl350

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

While revising my project description, I am running into the issue of not knowing where to trim it down. I have revised it many times and I am still over 100 words above the limit. I am hoping that by doing peer review tomorrow, a fresh set of eyes can point out places for me

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

@WillSoos I completely agree with this. When we started coming up with ideas for the project, I had no clue what I wanted to do. Now that we are almost done, I feel very confident in my work and now my only problem is cutting out information.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

It was also interesting to see how differently everyone defined it, as even scholars in the field have different definitions because of how many different aspects there are.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

The class activity that we did today involved writing a new definition of digital humanities and comparing it to the one we wrote during one of our very first classes. It was interesting to see how much more confident I was in my new definition after going through this class.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

@WillSoos I am feeling the same way. It’s always difficult to start writing and get all the ideas down. I find it much easier to revise because the content is already there and you’re just making it better. I am looking forward to continuing to edit to create the best possible project!

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

it’s also the style. Having a clean and polished format for both the resume and project description can really make them stand out, especially if the content is already strong.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

One piece of advice that Dr. Stover left on my resume was to change the color of certain parts in order to make it more easily readable. This was really helpful because it refocused my perspective and made me realize that it’s not only the content that’s important,

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

Then, I am planning to read over each sentence individually to see if there are any specific words or phrases that I can take out. I hope that by doing these things I can cut it down to the 1000 word limit.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

My meeting with Dr. Stover yesterday was very helpful. The major thing that I need to focus on going forward with revising is condensing my project description. First, I am planning to see if there are any sentences I can take out because they are unnecessary or repetitive.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

@Orion_MDF I can relate to this. On one hand, I'm used to writing academic style papers in my political science classes. On the other, I've written creative writing pieces in my english classes. This proposal has to merge the two styles in order to be attention-grabbing, but credible.

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

helpful to see a good example of what I should be striving for. I received good feedback, and I think that I will be able to improve upon my work to have a solid first draft. #cnuengl350

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

Doing peer review with @WillSoos was super helpful. It was interesting to see how we could learn from each other and how we approached the structure of the project description differently. Will had a great resume in place, while mine was still a work in progress, so it was very

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to exactly 250 words. #cnuengl350

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

When working on the abstract yesterday in class, I felt pretty good about the information that I had down, even though it was over the word count. However, when I was working on it after class yesterday, it was much more difficult than I thought it was to trim it down to 250

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

words. I had to carefully choose my words to make sure that the abstract had all the information that I wanted to include. This is in addition to having eye-catching and interesting sentences that draw the reviewers in. Luckily, after a lot of revising, I was able to cut it down

[Maggie Flanagan @Maggie_F18]

@CarolineC_24 I completely agree. It was much easier to get a start on the first draft of writing already having some information down. I found myself referring back to my annotated bibliography a lot to flush out my work and provide background to my topic.