Epics of India - MLLL 4993-996

Looking Back I am happy with the amount of work that I have been doing in this class. My routine for T-Th is really good, but it could be better for the over weekend due dates. I haven't really taken any of the extra credit options yet, but I do plan on doing so. My favorite assignments are the storytelling assignments. At first I was scared of righting my own stories, but I have grown accustomed to them. They are fun to spend time working on. Looking Forward For the second half of the semester I would like to be more proactive with the assignments for this class. There have been two instances where my afternoons had unexpected events and I was unable to do my daily assignments. If I can shift to working one day ahead I will be able to mitigate future occurrences of this. Additionally, I want to continue being creative with my writing. Inspirational Cat One of my biggest issues this semester has been staying up too late and not being able to get out of bed the next mor...

Feedback In I have gotten several good comments on my project that let me know how the stories on it are going. In addition, they have suggested what they felt needed to be covered better, and what needed less attention. This feedback is important because it allows me to look ahead to the next stories with the previous ones in mind. Feedback Out As far as giving feedback is concerned, I try to look at the positives during the shorter comments, and the problems that could be fixed for the project comments. The projects are a very important part of this class and I feel it is very important to give constructive feedback for each story in the project. As far as the stories and introductions, I view them as a platform for creative expansion over the work that we have covered through the class. Blog Comments Reading the introductions of everyone's blog posts let me know what other people are enrolled in the class. When you compare it to taking classes on the OU campus I fe...

Readings I really enjoyed the reading assignments for this class. I read both the PDE editions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. I have tried two different methods for taking notes over the reading assignments. The first style was by choosing four stories from the reading to take detail notes on and to imagine writing a story about it. This allowed for me to come back the notes later when writing my stories and have good head start. Stories The story writing assignments have been very interesting! I started of with very simple stories that did not stray too far from the original stories. However, the more that I wrote I became more comfortable with the creative aspect of it. While my story Nus' Five Wifes was given a different setting and gender swap it still followed the story. For the last story assignment I wanted to break away from the story, so I took a small aspect of it and developed it into a bigger part. It was a really fun story to write and I am happy with ...