Myth-Folklore

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki  Link to story here The Dragon King If I were to use the first story, “The Lord Bag of Rice”, I could make the Dragon King a woman. This would add a love aspect and make her a damsel in distress. Instead of the gifts being these amazing things, I could make one of them have poison in it. The Dragon King can be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. She could also be able to transform into other things so she can fool men. I want to make her like a siren.  There are many ideas that I could use for the second one. I like stories where characters are born from tragedy. This gives them an underdog quality. Kintaro uses animals as his servants and I think he uses them as friends too. He seems to be as strong as Hercules and nice also. I could possibly make this a crossover between Hercules and Cinderella with all the animals. 

I am not the happiest with my progress. It could be better. I have had the toughest year of my life so far and I am just trying to cope with everything. I do not have a good weekly routine. I need one soon. I enjoy reading the different stories from other places. I like reading material that is not my "go to" type of literature. I would like to get ahead in class. This is being optimistic though. I am going to start getting on a normal sleep schedule and hopefully, things will work out better for me in the future. Ideas vs Motivation

I enjoy reading the critiques that I receive from my stories. I like improving myself whenever I can, so to get other perspectives is crucial.I believe that I am giving others good feedback. I hope that they receive the same level of critique that they give or better. I am continuously intrigued by the creativity of my peers. I will put more critiques in my comments and fewer thoughts about the subject matter that may not be helpful. I chose this image because I am not as comfortable with creative writing like I was in high school. I believe that I limit myself sometimes because of this. Feedback Cat

Update: This story is in my portfolio. https://sites.google.com/view/colortheworld/home Love is in the Air Love is all around in Princeton town. The birds are chirping. The sun is out and there isn’t a frown in sight. The couples are taking afternoon strolls on campus and having picnics on the lawn. University students here are either in a relationship or casually dating. Then there was Sally. Sally is a girl who you would normally see in the corner with her nose in a book or in the cafeteria by herself doing homework. Sally didn’t have the best luck when it came to her love life or lack thereof. She would put her head down when she walked and shy away from any conversation that was not about school. On the other side of the cafeteria, we had Austin. Austin was an outcast, to say the least. He had a few friends, but they only bonded over how much they didn’t fit in. He was into graphic novels and video games. Austin would always look at Sally from afar, but she never no

I would not say I survived midterms, but it will get better. This week I did not read part B of my story, but I intend to use it for the extra credit reading next week. I wanted to see how “Twenty-Two Goblins” tied all the stories together and why he kept making him choose which option was best. I failed a little this week and did not get as many assignments as I wanted done. I am trying to manage my time better. I have two jobs and I go to school full time. It just is a constant struggle. I know others have it worse, but every perspective is different and an acorn can be a giant to someone else. I read quite a few stories that were very well written. I was engaged and interested in how the stories were going to tie themselves up at the end. I am amazed at some of the talent that is in the class. I have not creatively written since either my freshman year in college or back in high school, which was anywhere from six to eight years ago. It is hard going from business writing back to c