Christian's Epic Blog

I am definitely happy with my progress so far! It was very easy for me to get into the groove of this class after the first couple of weeks.  I love the structure of this course--you always know what you need to do to get your work done in a timely manner.  It's been easy for me to establish a weekly routine for the assignments.  I am happy with how I have kept up with it so far! I'm still the most proud of my Hanuman story--it was so fun to write! Stories allow me to be more creative than I can be in my other courses, so for that reason stories are probably my favorite assignments.  The only extra credit option I have used so far is the Story Lab.  I'm looking forward to using more extra credit options in the near future.  I have always felt good about the state of my blog, and I love how my website is coming together.  I feel as though the more I add, the more both of these sites show my personality.  Looking forward, I'm definitely going to kee...

     Reading the comments left by my peers on my stories was daunting at first--even though I knew that they weren't going to be rude, you feel vulnerable reading about the criticisms that others may have for work you have created.  After reading through the comment wall and other comments left on my stories, I was pleasantly surprised! People have left me detailed comments which talk about different aspects from the stories' presentations to the plots.  Most of the comments have had very kind things to say.  None of them have been criticizing, more so the comments leave nice and thoughtful advice about things that might enhance the story.  It is nice to read these comments from the reader's perspective as opposed to thinking about my story from my own perspective.  I have enjoyed getting to read different strategies employed by the different people commenting, especially the "Let's Pretend" strategy.  It makes me smiling reading those commen...

     The reading and writing assignments have been working great for me.  I love how consistent the schedule of this class is compared to my other courses.  I always know what to expect for my weekly work, and it makes it easier to plan this work around my other classes or finish it early.  I'm happy with both my blog and my project! They are easy to navigate and simple, which is exactly what I'm looking for.  I'm satisfied and surprised by how the stories have gone thus far.  I haven't written stories in such a long time, probably since high school.  They have gotten easier as I have written more.  I enjoy having a creative outlet such as writing stories--I haven't had a creative outlet such as this that I can remember.  It's pretty satisfying to start and finish stories.  One of my favorite accomplishments from this course is being able to write stories that I am truly proud of.  One story in particular, Hanuman is Flexi...