Publishing Design / Task 2

 23/09/2024 - 10/11/2024 / Week 1 - Week 8

Song Yang / 0355576

Publishing Design / Bachelor of Creative Media / Taylor's University

Task 2

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LECTURES

Task 1

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INSTRUCTIONS

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TASK 

We were told to do our own content generation. So I wrote a short narrative about my hometown in Heilongjiang. I wrote about my childhood memories of my hometown and my family.

   

Then I found the photos corresponding to each paragraph in the album

Fig 1.1 Morning city

Fig 1.2 Dongji Square

Fig 1.3 Border Trade Center

Fig 1.4 Fishes in the Fish Museum

Fig 1.5 Fish caught from Heilongjiang

Fig 1.6 My photo in front of the snow sculpture

Fig 1.7 My niece and I made a snowman

Fig 1.8 Dongji Pavilion

Fig 1.9 Family photo

Fig 1.10 A photo of me and my grandmother

Fig 1.11 Diagram of “Kang” The picture comes from the Internet
https://3d.3d66.com/relation/7QKQKQ.html

Fig 1.12 Photo of Bungalow

Fig 1.13 Photo of Street 

Fig 1.14 Grandpa is pasting couplets

Fig 1.15 The Chinese character "Fu" is pasted

Fig 1.16 New Year's Eve dinner made by my aunt

Fig 1.17 Photo of dumplings

Fig 1.18 Me and the Snow Scene

Fig 1.19 Snowing street

Fig 1.20 Streets decorated with red lanterns

FINAL SUBMISSION: 

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FEEDBACK

Week 3: You need to write more specifics to let readers know. When writing about characters, you need to write specific names. For example, when writing about my father, you should write when I was a few years old/in that year, my father + name. For pictures, choose more photos you took yourself, and less photos from the Internet.

Week 6: Some sentences in the first chapter are well written. Continue to complete the rest of the chapters.

Week 7: The content is complete. Note that pictures from the Internet need to be marked with the source.

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REFLECTIONS

Writing this book was both a rewarding and challenging journey, especially when I tried to transform personal memories into a story that would resonate with others. The difficulty I faced was that I wrote too rigidly, and it looked like a Wikipedia introduction to my hometown. My mentor, Mr. Hijjaz, encouraged me to tell my story from a broader perspective. He suggested that I add more unique memories of my own family and explain cultural details. I followed Mr. Hijjaz's advice and rewrote about my family. It really seemed more humane and allowed readers to have a deeper understanding of my hometown.