Looking back I have to say that the reading and writing
assignments are working out great for me. I had a bit of a learning curve at
the beginning but got over it quickly. It does seem now to take me longer to
think about which story I want to take notes on focusing on how I will
incorporate it into my final story. As the class has gone on I would say it
takes me longer to choose and the stories take longer to write. I think this is
because I am focusing really hard at writing a better story than the last one.
I am happy with how my blog and website project are looking. I have never been
big into blogging before but after doing it for a bit I have to say it is
really nice. The project is coming along smoothly at the moment. I am just
finishing writing my first story because I want it to look really good and read
smoothly. So far my story is progressing along I have just been picky of everything
that touches the page. I think working on the story posts has helped me in preparing
me through story writing. Each week I think my story posts get better or more creative.
I have tried to get away from retelling and look at a different angle from which
to write. This also comes from reading so many other peoples stories who seem
to be leagues ahead of my own in creativity and imagination. I would say that my
favorite reading so far was probably of the Illiad. Mainly because I love the
sort of mythology and never got around to really reading anything from it. I
wouldn’t say the reading notes are incredibly helpful only because I feel as
though they bind me to a certain way of writing. I want to be more creative and
when I get bombarded with notes I took I feel as though I have to incorporate
them into the story which kind of takes away from a different spin I can give
the story. I think they are helpful if you can’t remember a story a specific
story or want to do a retelling but anything more original it seems to hurt you
a bit. I have discovered that I should read a story completely formulate what
seems to be most central to the stories theme and characters then write notes on that. This way I can think of
an idea about the story I will write without being held back by what is in the
original story.
I chose this image because it depicts the battle that was taking place around the dead body of Patroclus. I thought
it fit best in my notes from the Illiad section, and since that is my favorite
story so far I thought why not.
Looking forward I want to actually complete both the reading
sections and note sections together so that I can get a clear picture of the
story or stories and be able to make a really good story out of both sections.
Lately I have been writing a story with sprinkled in bits from both sections. I
want to link both reading sections through a strong story that includes a lot
from both the sections.
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