Patrick Smith

F.P.E
Lets Start From the Beginning
My website Looking into a Black and White World was always aimed to be a simple
and straight forward project. I find as a writer I frequently return to this trend and have decided
to show my exploration in my work this semester as such. The black and white color scheme
and title of the site were designed to instantly portrait that message. Using the immediate contact
of pulling up the site as a base I built the design up. The first example is the background on top
of each page. The image of a camera is already in correlation with the phrase looking into
however once it was a placed the color scheme of black and white for the image itself worked
wonders. Any basic word document placed in this scheme immediately became uniform with the
whole site giving the images included in the major projects, like the intro pictures to each of my
short stories, the emphasis I aimed for. By using the uniformity I am so used to I was able to
show the creativity that isnt so familiar to me in the proper light.
A key design in my website is that the reader can go as in depth into my work as they
want to or as shallow as they want to. To accomplish this each page has the final drafts of each
piece I have done at the top and the very beginning of each piece, work and draft wise, is at the
bottom. In my message from the author on the home page I state this special trend clearly and
effectively. This is a trend the reader should make a conscious decision as to how they follow it
for the maximum effect. The only page that does not follow this is the riots project as that are
only the final drafts of each part to the project. That project is my highlight of the semester and I
wanted it to stand as such.
To get the readers experience as close to mine this whole semester I have placed the tabs
in sequential order. If a reader consciously chooses to follow the information fully I wanted to

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portray the inner growth I went through. That is an unspoken effect I hope to give the reader
without them realizing it. Aside from the FPE home page I start with the exploratory essay tab
and move in order of when each activity was done. The only outlier would be the placement of
the riots project before the three column bibliography page and that is only to follow suite the
final draft first design I have also built into the site. If the reader even just reads all the tabs there
is still the slight integration with my mind set.
The Articles I Incorporated and Why
In University Writing 1103 I found through the semester the process of writing is more
important to the whole of the project than the final drafts themselves. The final drafts useful to
portray that are the midterm paper and the exploratory essay. Both of these works have a drafts
and peer feedback that I can have to limit as to keep the website on track with my process. There
are two drafts for the exploratory essay and one draft for the midterm being used for my process
works. In the ascending order from the bottom of the page I can give the reader a close
understanding to how I progressed in each. Another example of a process work is the very first of
the three columned bibliographies found of the bottom of that page. That piece shows a
progression from my first research question and how it specified in light of my research at the
end. The only finalized project not going through this process on my site is my Georgia race riot
project. The finalized version of that process is a journey in thought from the first short story to
the grave stone at the end.
Also included with the articles just mentioned, two feedback articles are used to
complement them. These two are the teacher notes on the exploratory draft and the personal
midterm letter I was given. While not new drafts themselves they explain or set a basis up for the
changes between the drafts for each project. The two writers notebook articles also serve this

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purpose but in a different way. Ms. Ingrams class letters link is placed over my personal
midterm review for a more inclusive look into my changes. It explains at a grander scheme aim
why some of my changes were made. The other is the warm up on the annotations for my
research. This helps the reader look into my thoughts and worries in the research process and
some rationale behind some decisions.
I have two wildcard articles in my last three bibliography update and the seventh blog
post. The last bibliography update let me specify and really dig into my research topic. This was
the final step for me to learn that a lack of direction at first can lead somewhere. The seventh
blog however was more of a reflection for me. It allowed me to put all that I did into perspective
and finally know what I wanted to base my website on. The blogs throughout the semester were
simple on my end but I could be creative all the same. Blog post seven let me fully process that.
How my Writing has grown in this Course
My writing has taken one major change in this course and that is a versatility increase.
Essentially from my entrance in this course I focused solely on straight forward, structured, and
clear cut essays. In the last few weeks of this course I am now able to write papers more off the
wall when you compare them to a five paragraph argumentative essay. I suppose I took the
dont be afraid to experiment, in my midterm paper to heart more than I thought. This change I
believe cemented itself in my research project, especially the second short story The News. In
my personal conference my first draft of that story I still was personally distance and it was very
list based. After I changed the story to have thoughts and more dialogue, like the stuttering of
Alexander n-no sir, I put the shift of more creativity into full application.
Another major change I have seen in my writing is that I am able to write about much
more sensitive topics for myself. The research paper is a great example because Im used to

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writing about history at a safe distance. I am very comfortable with analyzing facts and after
effects of historical events but thats about it. However In this project I had to write both sides of
a still very recent issue in American society. Not only that I had to rationalize both and
sometimes in a very non-politically correct way with profanity. It hurt my heart but the term
monkey wasnt the worst thing I had to write to stay true to the time period. A smaller example
is my exploratory essay as a whole. Not once in my academic schooling have I even mentioned
my hobby before this. However in this essay I even talk about how better players explain things
to me. The picture of an actual tournament was the most recent one in Georgia I went to and
even pasting the image in the paper made me nervous.
The one make up article I have is a late blog post number four. I was done at a later time
so It is out of order at the top of the page.
Key Concepts
The three key concepts I seemed to focus on this semester was getting out of your
comfort zone, composing processes, and multi-modality. Some of these were worked on for class
procedure or out of need but they were worked on none-the-less.
The first key concept I worked on was getting out of my comfort zone. Earlier I discussed
about the content and the form of my writing in this nature but through those I feel more
comfortable in writing period. In my other classes papers benefited from my exposure in this
class to risk taking. I was able to write paper on Billie Jean King for sports history even though
the topics she covers, and I had to cover, are very controversial even today. After the first heart
attack I had in this class about writing the N word papers that I would be too nervous to write for
the subject themselves became easier. Similar to the exploratory essay I was able to write a paper

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in my theater class for phantom of the opera. A play only three people has heard me ever admit to
loving it. Even small and unexplained insecurities can be written about now, its kind of nice.
The next key concept I worked on is the composing process of my projects. In high
school I did no rough drafts. However as seen by the multiple on my website I really did not
have a choice this semester. The amazing fact for me is I could actually read feedback to myself.
My process for fixing a project this semester used the notes from Taylor, Kadijha, and Ms.
Ingram along with the verbal clues they gave me. I still really nervous when I do but I can read it
and that is the important step.
The final Key concept I focused on this semester is multi-modality itself, as stated before
never before have I deviated so much from the five paragraph essay format. Yet as seen on my
website I have photos and images not only before but built in examples to my writing. I also
worked on what the picture is and where it is placed. The camera picture on the top of each page
of my site was a struggle to pic what black and white shading to use. Some contrasts made it
blend in too much and other not at all. The picture of cops on intro of the The News story was
very hard to find. I had that image in mind but not even advanced searches could find an exact
match. This effort in making non-written content was entirely new to me.
My Grade
I in analysis believe firmly that I should get a B for my e-portfolio. After reviewing the
syllabus for the criteria I deserve a B for my clear and straight forward portfolio, my proper
amount of articles, and my well referenced F.P.E.
My e-portfolio by design is straight forward and my authors note in the beginning
explains the situation I want my reader to understand. I have set it up so it can be looked at in the
depth the reader chooses and the timeline my reader will see the tabs is the same as I experienced

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this semester. Content flow, not overly fancy design, was my aim in this website and I full
confidence in this.
My e-portfolio has all ten to eleven articles I needed for a product I can stand behind. The
one make up article has been noted as blog post 4 as it was late. Other than that I met all of the
required articles and highlighted when they were mentioned in my F.P.E. I also explained them
enough to explain their importance and why they fit as that article.
In my F.P.E I not only referenced my work in this class but how the concepts affect other
classes. I also put them in similar order in importance when you compare it to the references to
my own work. The references also reach to my feedback in my articles section of the F.P.E.
I deserve a B for my straight forward e-portfolio, appropriate number or articles, and my
well referenced F.P.E.