My Writing Process

Research Paper Link

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J_Sz2FyAaEVWFDanBWOXhwdzg

Here's the link to my paper. Enjoy!

The Country Music Formula

Growing up in South Carolina, I have a strong, unwavering love for country music. It is often cheesy and lame, but I love it. I can't help it. I will say, however, there is a clear formula for about 80% of all country music songs.

Take this Tim McGraw song for example:

(By the way, I hate this song and I'm really sorry for making you listen to it.)

First off, the song has to be about love. And the songwriter has to make you develop sentimental feelings towards the characters in the song, so they're usually children in the first verse. In this case, they don't like each other, the kid doesn't want the girl to go fishing yadda, yadda, yadda. This leads to the chorus where you take a simple phrase, in this case it's "don't take the girl." Then you have to make it fit into other situations for the other verses. It's usually two more. And then one of those situations has to end with either the demise of the couple or some tear jerking realization.

And that my friends, is country music.

Here's another song like it if you don't believe me.

Williamston's 9/11 Memorial

This is my town's 9/11 memorial in front of our fire department. This thing absolutely oozes patriotism. Can I just point out the bald eagle holding a banner? It's not very subtle at conveying it's message. The fine town of Williamston wants everyone to know that we will remember the events of September of 11th and the victims that lost their lives. It's also there to let everyone know that Williamstonians are proud to be Americans. That point was made loud and clear.

Interview Questions

Since my paper is going to be on the perception of women in advertising, these questions can be asked of any woman that has ever been exposed to advertising. So basically, any woman. Ever.

Do you feel personally connected to the women you see on commercials and in magazine ads?


Do you feel that you share similar lifestyles? Why or why not?

Web Design

Photographer Jeremy Cowart's website is an example of a good web site. The design is simple, yet aesthetically appealing. It contains his portfolio so you can look at his work and learn about who he is as an artist, and also links to all of his social media sites so you can learn more about who he is as a person. 

This is my church's website... It's seriously awful. First of all, we couldn't have done better than Times New Roman and Arial? I don't even know why we have a website. No one at our church over the age of 60 probably even knows how to access it, and no one under the age of 60 would look at something this bad. God bless them for trying. 

Works Cited

I had to use Google Books because I'm on vacation and unable to go to a library. I've never used Google Books before and I have to say it is pretty nifty. I've decided to write my paper on the perception of women in advertising and more specifically, how this perception has changed over the years.


Leiss, William. Social Communication in Advertising: Persons, Products, & Images of Well-being. 2nd. Psychology Press, 1990. Print.


This is a great source because there is tons of commentary on the way women are perceived in a variety of different advertisements and how this is symbolic of the way women are perceived in society. I'm not going to give anything away yet, but it's some pretty interesting stuff.


Toland Frith, Katherine. Advertising and Societies: Global Issues. 2nd. Peter Lang, 2010. Print.


This source is interesting because the author is a woman so it will be nice to have a woman's perspective on a topic like this. This book also talks about the different advertising techniques used for women of all different ages. Very interesting stuff.