I feel that I need to make more time on focusing on my paper. I feel that I need to maybe use a few days of the week for a few hours to write my paper. I always tend to find myself researching or writing the paper all at once in multiple hours. I don't think that is a good idea because my brain is so busy and it could only take so much at once. I think this weekend I am really going to look over things and make sure I have everything up to date and hopefully organized. I will try to put it in order and most likely I will be messing around with the ordering and format of it. I will most likely have some errors but they can be corrected. Since the first draft is due in a couple weeks, I feel that I really need to hop on the bandwagon, because I do not want to stay up all night stressing about a paper that is due within' the next day or hours. I do not want to procrastinate on this paper because it has to be a certain length and I do not want to take the responsibility of trying to come up with 12 pages the day before it's due. That would deff. not be a good paper.
Overall, I need to set a certain amount of time either each day or how many times a week and how many hours I should work on my paper.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
A Topical Outline
For the most part I feel like I have made a pretty good decision on my topic. Considering it is eBay, and many people do not know everything about it, I believe that I made a good decision about my topic. There are a little minor ends about if I still want to include a certain part of to the paper. For example, I am still undecided if I want to include a topic that falls under the eBay category. I know for sure that I will be including eBay it's self in my topic and PayPal. eBay owns PayPal and they both work together successfully.
I think that I would write and explain what eBay and PayPal is and go into detail about the good and bad things. What people use it for. Why it's a good thing to use. etc... Same for PayPal. I would also explain that PayPal is not just for eBay, it could be for anything such as sending money and money transfers. After explaining all of that I think I would go into talking about my personal experience about the companies. Or perhaps maybe tell a good/bad story about what happen. Hopefully both stories could be good?
I think that I would write and explain what eBay and PayPal is and go into detail about the good and bad things. What people use it for. Why it's a good thing to use. etc... Same for PayPal. I would also explain that PayPal is not just for eBay, it could be for anything such as sending money and money transfers. After explaining all of that I think I would go into talking about my personal experience about the companies. Or perhaps maybe tell a good/bad story about what happen. Hopefully both stories could be good?
Audience
I believe to choose my audience among the people that are into shopping and business. Perhaps along young adults to the mid 30's ish. I feel that this would be a great audience because I know that many young adults shop and buy things on eBay. I know that many students such as young adults are able to find good deals on school textbooks and other useful things they may need. I also think that people up until the mid 30's could used this too. I know many adults have their own business on here or they sell things for extra money to help out their family. I don't want to say this is for everyone because it's not. A lot of the older crowd and young crowd do not know much about this because I feel that they don't either understand computers or maybe they just don't understand all the terms and conditions that eBay provides.
Personal vs. More Third Person
The more and more I think about this paper, I feel that I will be writing about both Personal and Third Person. I feel that my topic has to use both because I could explain both about the topic and my personal experience. I feel that I will have more of my personal experience because I have used eBay for 4 years and have learned a lot throughout the years. I also feel that I could explain and explain about the topic non stop. I feel that writing both personal and third person views would be great in my paper. It would make more sense. It would help others understand what eBay really is and how it operates.
In Class Self-Assessment
1. Amount of research/sources?
I have been doing some research and looking up some sources to use for my paper. I feel like everything is going pretty smooth. My biggest concern is how do I put things all together. I do not want to jump to one topic to another. I do not know how I should put it all together and make sense. Also, majority of the things I have researched, I already know and there is very little information/things that I would be able to research about. I feel that I may have to dig into an area where I completely know nothing and I could explain it in my paper? I have also looked up some sources about my paper, some of it I already know and other information I don't. I am not sure about the information I don't know would be a great idea to go into detail.
2. Notes taken on sources
I honestly haven't been taking much notes. My notes are more of jotting down things as I go along with the paper or what I want to write about.
3. Decision making
For the most part I feel like I have made a pretty good decision on my topic. Considering it is eBay, and many people do not know everything about it, I believe that I made a good decision about my topic. There are a little minor ends about if I still want to include a certain part of to the paper. For example, I am still undecided if I want to include a topic that falls under the eBay category.
4. Readiness to write
I feel that for the most part, I am not 100% ready to write quit yet, only because I am still undecided and need help on what order I should put all of my ideas in all at once. Other then that, I believe that I could just write along everything. I also feel that my paper is not going to be long enough of it might be too long. I haven't typed out everything yet, so I am still not sure.
I have been doing some research and looking up some sources to use for my paper. I feel like everything is going pretty smooth. My biggest concern is how do I put things all together. I do not want to jump to one topic to another. I do not know how I should put it all together and make sense. Also, majority of the things I have researched, I already know and there is very little information/things that I would be able to research about. I feel that I may have to dig into an area where I completely know nothing and I could explain it in my paper? I have also looked up some sources about my paper, some of it I already know and other information I don't. I am not sure about the information I don't know would be a great idea to go into detail.
2. Notes taken on sources
I honestly haven't been taking much notes. My notes are more of jotting down things as I go along with the paper or what I want to write about.
3. Decision making
For the most part I feel like I have made a pretty good decision on my topic. Considering it is eBay, and many people do not know everything about it, I believe that I made a good decision about my topic. There are a little minor ends about if I still want to include a certain part of to the paper. For example, I am still undecided if I want to include a topic that falls under the eBay category.
4. Readiness to write
I feel that for the most part, I am not 100% ready to write quit yet, only because I am still undecided and need help on what order I should put all of my ideas in all at once. Other then that, I believe that I could just write along everything. I also feel that my paper is not going to be long enough of it might be too long. I haven't typed out everything yet, so I am still not sure.
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