Midterm Proposal

            I have already learned so much through this course. Through the readings and trying to express myself in blogs I have taken some not small steps, but massive steps towards communicating through interactive media.  The part that I have really enjoyed and will continue enjoying through this course is the creativity that we can use in our writing, which leads to some procrastination because we have such freedom. It really forces you to be passionate about what you are writing about which is clear in everyone's writing so far. It is so much easier to read a piece of writing in which the writer is passionate about what they are talking about versus not passionate about it.

            My persona thus far is that of a well educated adviser in the real estate field. Patches has loads of experience over the years and wishes to shower his knowledge upon his readers so they can also benefit from this industry. I would like to leave my pseudonym and  keep my blog title as is. My blog title represents precisely what I have been writing about but someone who glanced at my name for the first time would never link it with the real estate industry which I don't want them to be able to for a few reasons. When I picked the name at the beginning I didn't want it to have any relation to the real estate industry because I wanted to build that meaning myself through my writing which I think I have done and I want to continue doing. Having a name that links my writing directly to the real estate business is the easy way out! When people here my pseudonym I want them to think of the knowledge that I have provided to them through my writing and really take from the meaning that I have created. This forces me to be clear and concise in my writing and make sure that someone who knows nothing about the real estate business who is reading my writing will understand what I am talking about.

            There were several voices that I could have explored at the beginning of this course. I really wanted the voice that I went with to be something I was strongly passionate about and would be involved with for the rest of my life. Real estate is something that fascinates me and my interest in it will never die or burn low.  I also wanted a topic that is never stagnant. The real estate industry is always changing in the United States. I could continue on with this voice for the rest of my life and continue this blog for the rest of my life and never run out of things to talk about.

            My voice has evolved so much in the first half of this course because I have been pushed to explore areas that I never even knew existed! I am definitely not ready to throw this out and start on with a new one. The reason this experiment is working is because the real estate market is never stable, it is always changing. These changes are constantly sparking new interests for me in this field and always pushing me to new areas to learn about.  The most helpful thing in my case is expressing my thoughts about this industry to people that don't know anything about it. This is so critical in the real world when you go to project your voice to others. It is so important that not only people understand you, but they hear you! I want to continue taking this voice into new areas that I haven't explored in this field, for example commercial real estate.

            There are several pieces that I am going to edit and revise including my bio, wiki page, and my resume because I feel as if I am a better writer at this point in the course and can do a better job on those pieces. At the beginning of the course the freedom we had and creativity we had to use was really making me struggle because I am so use to classes that have a structure with only one way of going about the assignments. I am really enjoying the course so far and look forward to continuing on the Patches voice projecting it louder than ever in the second half of the class!