The Writing Process and Multimodal Composition: Conversations with Four Artists

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Author(s): William Kist (Kent State University, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 15
Source title: Exploring Multimodal Composition and Digital Writing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Richard E. Ferdig (Research Center for Educational Technology - Kent State University, USA)and Kristine E. Pytash (Kent State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4345-1.ch005

Keywords: Digital Communications / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Multimedia Technology

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This chapter expands upon an interior monologue the author created during the experience of composing a comic strip for publication. Building on this reflection regarding the processes of composing in multimodal form and on the work of John Steiner (1997), four professional artists were interviewed using semi-structured interviews to get at the steps they take when writing multimodally. Categories of the data are uncovered and refined using the constant-comparative method. Some of these trends include: gaining knowledge through practice of a medium’s structure and affordances including the necessity of writing in nonlinear fashion and being able to write collaboratively. Implications for instruction are suggested.

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