For
my writing project, I will be taking a scholarly article and transforming it
into two separate genres while still keeping the subject and information
discussed intact. The academic
publication I’ve chosen is an article reviewing the book, “Science,
Religion and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” by David Wilkinson,
which explores the potential for extraterrestrial life and the foreseeable effects
on both science and religion if it is discovered.
To translate this
article and its information into a genre fit for younger audiences, I will most
likely be creating a rhyming children’s book story, reminiscent of Dr. Seuss,
explaining what scientists do, the evidence for extraterrestrial life, and the
opinions of the religious in easy-to-understand terms. I think simplifying this information and
presenting it in this way will not only make the article easier for children to
understand, but will make it fun and interesting to learn about science. When I was growing up, I remember reading Dr.
Seuss books and thoroughly enjoying the way that the story rhymed and almost
had a rhythm to the flow of words. The entertainment
of reading this kind of writing will contribute to the overall experience of my
extraterrestrial intelligence children’s book, as it will not only encourage
young audiences to continue reading but will also ensure that they enjoy
reading the material, which could very well result in better absorption and
retention of the information presented. The
only real concern I have about creating this piece is that I will have to read
and simplify all the information presented in the original article, and then
somehow make the storyline rhyme will still maintaining flow.
On the other hand, in
order to convert this article into a genre designed for older audiences, I will
probably rewrite the piece as an article from a newspaper. Even when not written in rhymes and
accompanied by pleasant illustrations, the information presented in the
original article is quite fascinating and would not be difficult to translate
into a newspaper article. Newspapers
today are read almost exclusively by older adults, as the rise of technology
and the enduring reign of the internet have given younger audiences a new
platform on which to receive worldwide updates and breaking news. Due to this, the extraterrestrial life newspaper
article will be tailored to specifically older adults—I intend to incorporate
more artful diction, more facts and specifics, and definitely less
rhyming. I think that writing this piece
will be significantly more challenging than the Dr. Seuss story, as I will be
forced to write much more formally and less entertainingly.
I intend to refine and improve
my thoughts and ideas for my writing project as time goes on. Currently, I have a very rough outline of the
process of creating these two new genre pieces that I would very much like to
improve upon. With more brainstorming
and mapping out ideas, I think I will be able to pull together all my thoughts
and create two convincing and (hopefully) entertaining pieces from the original
article. Hopefully, the subject of the
article will help ease the frustration of writing. After all, who doesn’t love aliens?
I really like the idea of using a Dr. Seuss-esque type book, because it seems that everyone wants to translate their article into children's' books, but no one thought of making the content rhyme. And the kids would definitely be interested in learning about extraterrestrial stuff. Actually, the topic sounds awesome regardless of what genre it gets translated into.
ReplyDeleteAs far as making it more suitable for the older audience, newspaper article is a nice, safe way to go, since it is true that mostly the only people who read them are adults. Seems to me like you won't have any trouble writing WP3 based on the information you provided :D
I love the idea behind a Dr. Seuss-type book! That definitely will be a lot of information to simplify and create a rhyme scheme from, but it has a lot of potential. Another idea you might think about considering in this story is the illustrations, depending on how "Dr. Seuss" you're trying to go here...he definitely had some wild illustrations! I am not sure how the information in the academic article is going to translate into a newspaper article...it might be easier to write in terms of "seriousness," but I am curious as to how you're going to make it fit the "newspaper article genre." Really interesting topic though, so if you can grab the attention of the older audiences, it should be effective!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a really cool topic to do! I definitely like the idea of a Dr. Seuss type book. I loved reading those because they were easy and fun for me to read when I was younger. Be sure to include fun illustrations and a happy ending for the children’s book! For the mature audience, try to be more specific about where this article would be published. You could write on a science fiction blog, a news article for NY Times, or something along those lines. Overall, I think you have a great start and I have a feeling your piece is going to be very interesting and fun to read!
ReplyDeleteI really like your topic. I feel like a really topic like yours will help make this WP a lot smoother. I like the Dr. Seuss idea a lot. I think it will work really well because kids really do know that book well and because Dr. Seuss books are sometimes a little weird which can work with the Extraterrestrial topic. I think this genre will be fun to do and not too difficult to work with. Also, newspapers I think is a great way to change your genre to taylor to an older audience. Just knowing what fits the newspaper genre will help you a lot. You conveyed your ideas for this paper really well and were really clear in what you are going for. I think this is going to come out really good and best of luck of your WP3!
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