Rough Draft of Essay

Link to Essay:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYmPSTeNFU08ZGRjYm56dzRfNDJkNXNneHZteg&hl=en

Reflection of Essay:

I know my essay is weak in terms of information to support my ideas. I wrote this draft based on information I remembered reading and thus did not include any intricite details. Although, to be honest I'm not sure what sort of details will be helpful so suggesitons might be nice if anyone has them. I think the ideas are there, they may not transition as well as I would like at the moment, but the framework is in place.

Reflection on Essay and Project thus far

Organizational Diagram: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYmPSTeNFU08ZGRjYm56dzRfNDBmZjk5dnpjbQ&hl=en

I think that originally I was very strung out with my ideas with this project. I was ranging from authorship, to acknowledgement, to education, to entertainment. However, now I think I have narrowed it down or at least found a way to tie them all together. From the beginning I have been focused on Fan Fiction and Role-Playing. However, I have decided to use a wrestling e-federation for the basis of my project as an area that carries both attributes of role-players and fan fiction authors. In my essay I will need to pull together evidence that it can be a good educational tool for people to become better writers.

I know that I have personal experience in the matter because I felt I wasn't a very good writer when I started out in an e-federation, but now I'm minoring in Professional Writing and I am very confident in my work. I'm not sure how I can use my personal testimony in relation to the project but I think it would be beneficial.

As far as the educational aspects go I have found some resources related to it, I just need to tie them all together. I might also throw in additional benefits of writing fan fiction or role-playing in regards to promoting a product or industry and inspiring new participants in the genre.

Link to Annotated Bilbliography

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYmPSTeNFU08ZGRjYm56dzRfMzhjaHR2d2o1ZA&hl=en

Topic Reflection

I have enjoyed researching my topic thus far. I do not get the chance to write creatively much at all in school, and I don't really have the time to, so that makes this project fun to me. I think once I am out of school I might take part in more fan fiction related writing. I watch a lot of television and I get invested in a lot of characters, and there are times that I wish I could continue their stories in a way I see fit. I sometimes have that urge to be in control. I think we all get that feeling from time to time.

One downside to my project that I am seeing is that I am going to try to focus on an efed, which is based on professional wrestling and uses elements of fan fiction and role-playing. The downside is I cannot really show many videos or images that are in a "commons" area because (at least in my case) the fed I was in used many copyrighted images to create it's images. I also know that World Wrestling Entertainment tries to make sure their footage is not used in youtube videos. So whereas I feel I can describe the experience and research it more, I don't necessarily have a lot to show in a presentation that actually comes from the "arena" of an efed.

Aside from that, I remain optimistic about this project and look forward to where ever it decides to take me.