Looking at Kickstarter - Daybooks Due

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”  Mark Twain

Thinkwrite: Consider what Twain is saying. Can you think of a time that your choice of a word got you into trouble? Or perhaps you can think of examples of a situation when the word you might choose to write or say could have big consequences.

Open The Everyday Writer  to Section 23. Read and become familiar with what this section offers you. Skim over the exercises; I'll assign some of them later. For today, read and understand the main points.

Then you are going to spend the rest of class today and time over the weekend using Kickstarter and The Everyday Writer to fill out an assignment in Moodle called "Language Use in Kickstarter." 

At the end of class, turn in your daybook. Shall we check typos? Is your name on it?

NOTE: Here are links to two crowdfunded scams. They were identified by neuroscience writers (in my Twitter feed)-- the things these products claim to do are bogus. On Kickstarter, NeuroOn: World's first sleep mask for polyphasic sleep.  On Indiegogo, No More Woof. Can you spot problems with them?

Homework:

1. Complete the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in Moodle. As you work on it, be choosing two Kickstarter projects you want to write about. See you Tuesday.

2. No word.

3. No typo.