Week 8 Reflections

I think that my reading notes helped me to understand what the story I was using as my source was about. I don’t think that it helped me to come up with ideas, or even give me ideas on style choices. I think that I could spend more time coming up with ideas while reading, instead of doing it right before I try to write my story. I think for the Native American Tales I will choose to read the Alaskan story for my weekly reading. For British and Celtic stories, I am going to choose either the Canterbury Tales or Celtic Tales. For the last two weeks, I think I will choose to read one of the Brothers Grimm stories.

I think I like my stories overall. There are a few that I had to rush to put together that weren’t that great. However, there have been many that I enjoyed creating a lot. For my story book, I am happy in the direction I am going. I am getting a bit stuck on developing my story lines, but I think I just need to spend more time brainstorming.

I have been liking everyone’s stories so far. They are all so different and unique, that I get a new perspective on story writing every time I go to someone’s blog. I think that I need to use dialogue more in my stories. I read a lot of great stories where the author used dialogue really well, and that is something I struggle with.

      Little Polly Flinders

*This picture is from a story that I really enjoyed writing this semester