Coming To Terms
How Writers Learn Together: Feedback, Community, and Digital Literacies
In this assignment, I used Harris's "Coming To Terms" to find and annotate secondary sources connected to my research project on the Movies & TV Discord server
Feedback
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Explicitly include "aims, methods, materials"
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Create fuller, more comprehensive annotations
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Elaborate on the connections to specific data in assignment 3
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Choose a more compelling title
Key Revisions
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Retitled the revision to "How Writers Learn Together: Feedback, Community, and Digital Literacy"
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Revised each annotation to explicitly identify the author's project (aims, methods, and materials)
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Added a new relevant source (Cheng & Frens) to broaden the conversation about feedback
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Expanded the mapping section to connect Swales, Kanuka & Anderson, Brandt, and Chang and Frens to coded patterns in assignment 3​
Revised Excerpt
"This meaning-making aligns with the patterns I coded as Narrative Craft and Sponsorship and Mentorship. When members discuss character agency or how an inciting incident should work in a story, they are not just giving tips, they are shaping an understanding of story craft that the whole group uses. This is visible when Lil Shawty expands PixelPoet’s idea by reframing it around emotional beats and character motivation, basically co-developing the concept with the writer. Another example is when Matteo walks Koncept through outlining (“act 1, act 2, act 3”) and treatment writing. He is not dictating a formula but giving Koncept a shared method that the group understands. Moving on to Brandt, it’s clear that the theory of literacy sponsorship is at play (and helps to clarify the social dynamics of the group). Sponsorship does not require formal authority, it occurs when people shape one another’s literacy practices. For example, Mr. Corf functions as a sponsor when he teaches Walt the professional expectations of a screenplay’s format. It is also seen with Lil Shawty and Matteo’s longer explanations, where experienced members help “newbies” get the hang of narrative craft."
