A New Quest!

Where have you been? That's usually the question I ask my friend, Becky, when she hasn't blogged for a while. Oh, I've been here. But, I thought my blog was lame, so I stopped writing. Now, I'm taking a class at IUPUI for my bachelor's degree and one requirement is to write a blog. The goal is to find my e-voice.

I decided to take the class for a few reasons.

1. It's a class I can take on-line.
2. It sounded interesting on a personal level but also would work quite well for my job since I do a lot of writing.
3. It meets a requirement for my degree.

By taking this class, I expect to get a better understanding of how to find my e-voice for the areas in which I write: personal e-mail, professional e-mail, Facebook (both personal and professionally), business correspondence, and for the Staff Council Newsletter. My writing skills on a professional level aren't bad, and I understand when to be business-professional or business-casual in my writing. My obstacle is learning to write more creatively for the Newsletter. I want to be casual in my writing -- like I am speaking to the person who is reading the articles -- yet, I need to be less casual and more to the point. I hope to overcome the obstacle by finding the e-voice required for that genre. Is it okay to be funny, yet informative? Would it be better to be more professional in getting the word out, or does the audience need less formality and a little more informality?

I will be exploring Second Life as part of the class requirements. We get to create our own avitars by giving ourselves a certain voice. We can be either just how we are, or we can create one to look and act how we would want to appear to others. I'm going with the latter. I want to be in good shape, wear fashionable clothes instead of the boring ones I wear now, perhaps wear some cool sunglasses, and drive a cool car. Stay tuned as I explore who I want this second voice to be like.

I am not going to change the title of my blog. It will remain Facsimilee's Quest. I'm still on a quest; I'm just focusing on a different type of quest now.

Like Don Quixote, be Sancho Panza and join me on my quests for adventure and enlightenment.

Cheers!