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Week 8 Progress

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I am happy with my overall progress in this class. A lot of you reading this might see that I am working ahead. I am working on this class almost all day every day whenever I am not at work. I am most happy with my microfictions because it took me so long to think of ideas that are possible to tell under 100 words. I am also really proud of my website. I really wanted my storybook to exude the Marvel universe aesthetic and I feel like I have done that so far. In the next few weeks of this class, I would like to really focus on my writing skills especially in the stories of my project. I'd like to improve my grammar and the clarity of my writing. I hope to avoid confusing stories as I tend to just babble on and on.    Every Morning Quote (Source: Laura Gibbs with photo by James Gordon )

Week 8 Reading and Writing

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The writing assignments have been going pretty well for me. I enjoy the idea of storytelling with our own twist rather than a simple retelling of the same story. It's really unique in that sense. The reading assignments have been good. The hardest part is definitely how complicated and rich Ramayana and Mahabharata are. There are so many characters and stories within the story that I typically forget what is going on. For my reading notes, my first note is definitely way longer than my most recent note. I learned that with reading notes it is best for me personally to write a short, concise, and simple note. These help me the most with the storytelling assignment. I am overall really happy with the blog and my project website. A lot of the problems or challenges of my writing are definitely the clarity and grammar. Dr. Gibbs gives really good feedbacks that really tackle these issues I have.  The image I have chosen is a really nice modern interpretation of Ashwatthama. I really lo...