Week 8 Reading and Writing

Looking Back: 

• Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how the semester is going so far! I'm really enjoying the reading assignments and, while I'm not always in the mood to write up a new story every week, there are enough extra credit/story lab alternatives that I can make up for it when I'm not feeling it.
• I've cleaned up my blog theme a little bit and I'm please with how my website looks -- I like the old storybook theme.
• My favorite writing piece I've done so far is my Three Little Pigs (In Verse). It was certainly the most fun to write and I think it gels nicely with the feel of my portfolio site.
• I've most enjoyed the frame tales so far. The fact that they can fit such a variety of plots and characters and themes into such a short amount of time makes them varied and exciting. The setting never stagnates.

Speaking of frame tales, here's an illustration from Twenty Two Goblins, my favorite myth collection of the semester so far (Robin Hood and Brer Rabbit are close behind). Source: Wikipedia.

Looking Forward: 

• I'd like to put together another story or two for my portfolio, but I'm not 100% sure what direction I want to head in. I'll continue to do extra readings every week to get as much mythology reading as I can out of the course, and I'll keep an eye out for myths and writing styles that inspire me to craft something of my own!