Week 8 Reading and Writing

I have loved doing the readings, but I mostly enjoy doing the stories. I love to write so this has been such a great experience. I think that my favorite readings were the Egyptian stories, second place was the Japanese stories.

Notes: I definitely use my notes every week. I like writing a synopsis (even though that's technically not what we are supposed to do) because it helps me remember what are the big takeaways, the major plot points of the story. That way I am sure that my story is reflecting those major points. I also make notes to myself to remember what I wanted to focus on.

Stories: My biggest accomplishment of the class I think has been the Introduction for the class project as that was the most difficult, but it cam out well and I am proud of it. However, the story I had the most fun writing was the first story, Beauty Fight Backs. I was excited to write it, and I based it off of my favorite story formula: Beauty and the Beast. I am still most proud of that.

Image: Finding images is my least favorite part of the assignments every week. I don't put as much thought into it as perhaps other people do. I would much rather write. My favorite image used is from my story Martyrs Imprisoned. When I was writing and thinking about Christian martyrs being held by the Roman government, I immediately thought of Paul's cell which is in the Rome which I saw when I went.

Prison cell of Saint Paul in Rome.
Photo by Edith OSB Source: Flickr

Looking Forward: I think to get more out of the reading and writing experience, I need to get back on top of my Class project. I feel so behind last week that I didn't have much time to write the first story for the project. That definitely isn't something that should be rushed, so instead I just decided to wait until next week to get started on it. I still am sure that it will turn out well, I just need to devote more planning time to it so that I can sit down to write effectively.