Journal #9

Being a writer in the 21st century is a lot different then say being a writer in the 20th century or earlier. That being because of how writing and technology has progressed into what it is today. A writer in the 21st century can be from the common person that tweets or puts up a Facebook status to a book author. A writer in the 21st century doesn't have to write a book or anything like that to be considered a "writer" in todays time. In my opinion all they really need to do is be able to produce a form of writing that they can self publish. 

I strongly believe that the emergence of digital technologies and Web 2.0 has allowed for new way of composing. I believe this because with the continuing improvement of technology and how we use it it leaves so many different choices for everyday writers to produce a piece of work. From social medias to blogs it doesn't matter what form of technology a person is using because they are apart of the society of 21st century writers. If you think about it like Jami brought up you can find almost any printed form of writing accessible on the computer or any other form of technology. I see more and more people everyday using a Tablet or iPad to read a book rather than actually have the hard copy of the book. One of the main reason because using a form of technology to read a book for example is more convenient then carrying around a book. You can have several book in on piece of technology which is easy to carry around then several books. Technology is making it more efficient for people to read, write, and compose than it used to be.