Looking Back: Overall, I think the assignments are going well! I have been really enjoying working on improving my writing, and have noticed the greatest improvement in including dialogue. For some reason, I just wasn't including it in my earlier stories, and I think that they have gotten better since then!
Definitely my favorite reading so far has been the Mahabharata. Although I have read it and watched it in the past, I guess I'm just consistent in my enjoyment of the epic!
As I am in the process of writing my stories, I generally don't look back at the reading notes. I tend not to include specific stuff in there, so I use the process of writing the reading notes much more as a springboard for creating story ideas.
Looking Forward: One of the most prominent things that I have noticed in terms of new strategies for research has been that this class has changed how I read books. I am an avid reader, and always try to make time each day to read at least a couple of pages. Recently, I have been reading my books more critically- looking at what storytelling tactics are used that I like or even just looking at the formatting of the story and using that to make my own writing better. I really want to keep doing this, not just because I think it is good practice in generally to read critically, but also because I really think it has changed (I think for the better) how I write stories!
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