Online Collaborative Writing: An Introvert's Dream Task! 😊

 Hello, my Dear Reader! 💙

    I missed you! Even though I started this blog as part of a course, it quickly became a habit/hobby of mine. I love sharing my tasks with you, which is great because this week I’ve got TWO! Yay! (I was TOTALLY chill about it! And NOT anxious at all !!!!) 

    (You can click here to read about my other task, digital storytelling.)

    We were assigned an online collaborative writing task, and out of two options, my dearest groupmates (Elena Çetinkaya and Baran Doğu, you may check their blogs by clicking on their names) and I opted for writing a film review for a university magazine using Google Docs, mostly because it was familiar!

    We use Google Docs for almost every group project we are tasked with. It’s functional, practical, and easy to use. It’s also my favourite writing tool! 

    Film reviews are also familiar to me. (I told you I am a nerd.) I love reading film reviews, and I really value other people’s opinions while choosing a film to watch. (Follow me on my Letterboxd account! We can be friends there too!) 

    

    As you can imagine, I had SO MUCH FUN with this task. I was in my room, sitting on my bed with my cats, listening to music, drinking chamomile tea, and working. It’s literally an introvert’s dream task!

Lucy was very supportive :)

    Google Docs is a great tool that is integrated with Google Drive and Gmail, which makes it easy to use and accessible for collaborative writing. Plus, it provides a chat and a comment section, which my friends and I didn’t use before this project. We used to select a different colour and write our comments on the page itself. It worked for us but using the chat and comment section properly was neat! I will definitely continue using them. 

    I have added a screenshot at the bottom of the post to show you our process, but you can read our full review directly on Google Docs by clicking HERE.

    I want to thank my group friends Elena and Baran, it was great working with you. Thank you for letting me pick the film. Love you both! And of course, thanks to my friends Melis Açıkkaya, Buse Beyaz, and Gülşen Demir for their valuable comments and feedback. We really improved our review thanks to you. 

With love, Bea x