Tyler+Clements+Portfolio

=**Tyler Clements**= =**English 103 Portfolio**=

Memoir
I will admit when I first heard that I was required to write a "memoir" I was a little apprehensive. First off, I don't think I am a very good story-teller, so telling an engaging story for four pages was going to be very difficult. I also didn't really think I had any good stories. I kept wracking my brain trying to think of what I could possibly write about. I finally decided that the story of the time I almost drowned in a river was worthy of the story I would use in my memoir. The writing process was different for this paper because Dr. Hartman wanted us to write a "Zero Draft." I really like the concept of the zero draft because it is a good way for me to get all of my idea down onto paper.



** Open Letter **
I really enjoyed writing my open letter, and enjoy the concept of an open letter overall. I liked reading through some that other people had written in the more professional realm. I decided to write to President Gora concerning the InQsit testing labs. I was really dissatisfied at the time with the labs, as I felt they were extremely distracting. I felt like this was the kind of paper that some of your sense of humor could show. I tried to incorporate sarcasm into my paper when talking about the things that annoyed me. I wanted my letter to get my point accross directly, but with soime humor thrown in. I really liked being able to meet with Dr. Hartman to discuss what he liked about my paper, and what he thought I could change.



Multi-Genre Essay
The Multi-genre essay was by far my favorite essay to write this semester. The reason I enjoyed it so much was because it didn't really feel like I was writing an essay. I got to write about Lollapalooza which is something that I really enjoyed. It was cool to be able to write about things that I really enjoy. I also got to put videos on the site to show examples of what I was typing about. Adding quotes from songs was also something I enjoyed. The layout of this essay was like nothing I had ever done before.

Blog
Something else I really liked was the requirement of writing a blog post weekly. I liked that if something was on my mind and I wanted to write about it and get my thoughts down I could just blog about it. Unfortunately as the semester wears on you can tell that I got busier and was able to blog less. I still enjoyed the free feeling of the blog.

MUHIS 100 Concert Report
This is a paper I had to write for my MUHIS 100 class, which was Music History. I enjoyed this class quite a lot and learned many interesting things. We were required by our professor to attend concerts throughout the semester and then write about them for class. Some of these concerts were very enjoyable but a couple of them were pretty brutal. This is an example of how my writing was pre-English 103. I don't think my style of writing has changed a whole lot since then but my process definitely has.