Page 9 Porfolio Keeping

I believe it’s important to show progress. Maturing as a writer and thinker shows my willingness to learn and adapt to new ideas and processes. One way to show this is to provide drafts with track changes and comments in my portfolio.

I think doing the portfolio shows persistence. Providing all the necessary papers with additional drafts and comments shows my willingness to complete a huge project like a portfolio. In order to show this in a different manner, I think writing a rhetorical analysis about a document will show my commitment to my work.

I would like to show my abilities as a designer of Web-based materials because we are living in a world where everything is electronic or Web-based. I don’t want to become outdated by not knowing how to producing Web-based documents or how to work the computer in a way that is expected of someone like me who grew up with the birth of the Information Superhighway.

I believe it is key to show variety. If I can produce a well-written business memo and turn around to produce an advertising pamphlet for a business, it shows my well-rounded knowledge of writing genres and their audiences’ needs.

I think each portfolio will show creativity through organization methods and personality traits in the writing. Each person has a different writing style, and I have more than one since I used to be a journalism major. I know what the press is looking for when they come to me for information, I know how to give handy and powerful quotes for their stories, but I also know how to conduct business writing to get my point across clearly and concisely. The subjects I choose will also display my individuality.

I would like to show independence; however, I find it difficult to see mistakes with my own writing or areas where it could be better or improved. This is something I feel every writer has problems with. I learned in my editing class that some of the best editors are not good writers and some of the best writers are not good editors. I feel I’m both, but when it comes to my own writing, I’m not a very good editor of my own work.