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Week 8 Reading and Writing

So far this semester I have felt that my stories have been great. My reading notes haven’t really changed much, and I’m not exactly one to change how I initially percieve the readings and change them in the notes. Often my notes consist of simple facts about the story that I can adjust in my own retellings later. I’m finding it a little bit difficult to go more outside the box with my stories, I often wont change a lot about the originals besides a few facts/the charater names. I aim to just retell the story to make it easier to understand or more interesting to read.

I’d say I could work towards making my stories more creative, and that would probably start by taking my notes more outside the box and have them be less conventional.

My favorite story to write and improve upon has been my first story and first portfolio story “The She Demon and the Prince”. I loved changing it up and emphasizing Shurpa’s lust for Rama on top of her greed. This is based off the Ramayana, which I have found to be the best reading so far. I think this story is also my biggest accomplishment.

My blog and project websites may be simple, but I like them that way so your eye isn’t bouncing around the page confused as to where to go.





Rama rejects Shurpanakha,
illustration by Warwick Goble
(Image source)

 I’ve used this image quite a lot because I find it to be such a beautiful piece of art. It’s an illustration that shows Shurpa being rejected by Rama, a key to my story and the story from the Ramayana. Rama, Sita, and Shurpa are just so detailed as well as the tree behind them, I found myself writing around this piece of art for my first portfolio story. 
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  1. Jasmine SolerMarch 6, 2019 at 11:49 PM

    Callie,

    I am the same way with my reading notes. I tend to simply write about my reactions to the readings rather than jot down ideas I would like to use for my stories. I really struggle with creativity so I am glad I am not the only one having difficulties coming up with completely original ideas. I will say, finding one theme and adjusting each original story to that theme as helped me make creative stories a lot. For instance, my theme for my stories is gender-bending and female empowerment. Therefore, when I read a story that depicts females as weak or dependent, such as the Sita and the golden deer story, I simply re-write to where the men are the ones portrayed as the lesser individuals than the women. I have found it incredibly easy to come up with stories about how awesome women are!

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