Week 8 Progress

(Motivation, quote, sea: Hoopoe Quotes, Pexels)

Overall, I am happy with the progress I have made in this class so far. I haven't missed an assignment and I am right on track. I don't really have a weekly routine. Sometimes my weekly schedule looks different so I don't always do the assignments on the same day. I would say retelling stories is hands down my favorite assignment. It lets me create stories that I think are funny and that other people would like. Currently, I am not doing any of the extra credit assignments.


For the second half of the semester, I want to start doing the extra credit assignments so I can finish the class earlier and not have to stress as much. Also, I want to get ahead on my work instead of doing the assignments the day they are due. It hasn't been a huge problem, but I know I would enjoy the class more if I was ahead and not worried all the time about deadlines. I want to try make longer stories for the second half of the semester. I might even possibly try to write a more serious story because all the ones I have written so far have been more comical.

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

(cheezburger)

Overall, I would say the comments and feedback I have been receiving are high quality. I can tell that people are reading my stories and enjoying them. There are a lot of comments that are saying they appreciate the details in my stories that help them visualize what I am trying to convey. These comments are the most helpful because it showed me that I need to continue to add these details in order to engage readers and help the immersion process that goes into reading creative stories. 

I would say that the comments and feedback that I am giving to other students are high quality as well. I let them know which parts I thoroughly enjoyed or made me laugh. I also tell them how adding more details to help explain some aspects of the story can clear up any confusion for readers. I'm incorporating my advice into my own writings by adding more details into my stories. Some of my earlier stories have minor plot holes which can be easily fixed to enhance the story.

I feel as though I have been getting to know people based on their introduction posts, stories, and design of their projects. The introduction posts are the most helpful because a lot of people included details that help others understand them better. The stories let me understand peoples' sense of humor which is nice to find out. The design of their projects also lets me know a little more of their personality. I am satisfied with my introduction post and my blog because I feel like people can see my sense of humor in my stories. 

I possibly would want to go more in depth with my feedback. I think that I could add more to help people with their stories and projects. Right now, I don't think I want to make any changes to my blog since I am content with it.

I chose that image because the encouragement from the feedback I have been getting is allowing me to be more creative with the choices I make. At first, I did not know how my first story would be received, but now I feel more confident in my writing. 

Week 8 Reading and Writing

(The Fast and the Furious, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker: BagoGames, Flickr)

I feel as though the reading and writing assignments are helping me be more creative in my own writing as well as other areas of my life. My favorite reading has been The Iliad because it was a story I already knew and loved from the movie Troy. Being able to see the story from a written perspective was a cool experience for me. It also gave me numerous options for my retelling because there are so many good parts of the story that can be altered for new versions. My reading notes have been helping me mostly by basically deciding which part of the story I'm going to retell. While I'm writing the notes, I realize that a certain part would be perfect for my writing style and I choose it to retell. So far, I am happy with how my portfolio is turning out. It flows smoothly and the color schemes I am using work nicely for it. I think my story, "You Never Had Me", has been my biggest accomplishment in my writing because it was the first time in a long time that I actually had fun writing something. This story was extremely fun tow write and I feel like it turned out pretty good.

I chose the image of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel because it is a reminded of my story, "You Never Had Me." This was by far the most fun I have had with writing so I wanted to include this image again.

In the future of this class, I think I would want to make my stories a little longer. I feel like I would get more out of this because some of my stories are ended abruptly or have potential to keep going. I will try to make my future stories longer if I believe it will make them better overall.