Week 8 Reading and Writing

Looking Back

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with my reading notes and stories. I can see how my reading notes have evolved from basically a summary of what I just read into more of my thoughts on certain parts of the story and different ways I can retell it. I do think I can do a better job of writing out my thoughts in my reading notes, though. Even though they have gotten better at helping me write my stories, my reading notes still aren't the most helpful and I don't often find myself consulting them when I go to write. I do like my stories, though, and I think they are good but I also think that I could be a little more creative with them. I want to try some new storytelling styles and maybe even use a style that I've never used before that pushes me out of my comfort zone.
I've liked quite a lot of the stories I've read for class, so I don't know if I have a favorite. If I had to choose I'd probably say The Fox and the Stork from Aesop's Fables (Jacob). I seriously did not see the ending coming! I also thought the message was a pretty good one. 
My Storybook is coming along nicely and I'm really proud of it. I have been getting lots of good feedback on it and it's helping me come up with some really good ideas. I think being open to people's feedback and actually listening to it has been my biggest accomplishment. Its hard to put yourself out there but everyone has such great suggestions that I don't feel the need to shut them down or ignore them.

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(photo from imgur)

This image is from my Topic Brainstorming blog post and it just makes me laugh every time I see it. I was thinking about doing a Storybook about moon stories which immediately made me think of when Sokka says, "my first girlfriend turned into the moon" and Zuko just replies with, "that's rough buddy." Instead I found this gif and thought it was more fitting. I've actually used another Avatar gif on a story post because they are just so applicable!

Looking Forward

To get more out of the readings and writings in this class, I think I just need to make sure I'm helping myself with my reading notes. I'll start working on writing notes that have ideas about the story I am going to write later in the week and use them more as a brainstorming session. I think that will help me out with some of the writers block I've been getting when I sit down to write my weekly story.