Epics of India

I’m very happy with my progress in the class thus far. I’m slightly ahead of schedule in terms of points for getting an A, and am very capable to completing some more extra credit assignments in the coming weeks so that I can finish early. My blog and website are coming along nicely, and I have no worries about continuing them in the future. Looking forward, the only thing I’d like to do differently, as mentioned above, is to complete more of the extra credit assignments. I believe I’m over halfway to the finish line to getting an A and the extra credit options will make that go a lot faster. Image of a Motivating Quote

Generally I would say the comments I’ve received from other students have been helpful in correcting small mistakes and providing inspiration for future stories. I would hope that my comments have been able to do the same thing, as I know sometimes it can be hard to come up with things to write about, so I generally tr to offer some suggestion on how others could continue their story. You certainly get a sense of getting to know people by looking through their blog posts, namely the introduction post. A lot of people really went all out in expressing themselves in those posts and that made it very helpful to get a feel for where they’re coming from. In the future, I’d like to take the time to read stories more thoroughly with the editing challenges in mind so that I might offer some more generalized suggestions for how people can improve their writing. Image of a Feedback Cat I chose this image because I think it’s important to not only be able to take criticism but also to be a...

First, the reading and writing assignments are working well for me. I like the concept of micro fictions and may start to try and include those in some of my posts. I’m happy with both my blog and project website, and feel that the two are coming along nicely. It will be interesting to see them in their completed state at the end of the semester. My favorite reading thus far has definitely been the Ramayana. I especially enjoyed watching the movie version afterwards, as that helped clear a lot of the character confusion up. My reading notes are helping me somewhat each week, but I also rely on my memory a lot to convey the ideas of the story. One new reading strategy I’ve picked up is to focus on character development. It’s something that I’ve found I struggle with in my own writing and it’s been helpful to see how other authors use it in theirs. I think the only thing I’d like to focus on moving forward, like I stated above, would be to start working on micro-fictions. I like the chal...