Caitlyn's Blog for Myth-Folklore Fall 2018

Week 8 Progress I am okay with my progress right now, but I am a little behind where I want to be by the end of the semester. I would say I enjoy the readings for this class the most out of the other assignments. I have used the reading extra credit option once and plan to do so again. In terms of developing my blog and website, I think it has all gone very well. Looking forward, I want to be better about doing more assignments or extra credit since I am a little behind where I want to be. I think that is the most important thing for me to change.  (Image by Bich Tran )

Week 8 Comments and Feedback I think the feedback I have received has been pretty substantial. The comments seem to be thought out and it is clear that the people leaving comments on my stories have actually read them. I think the most useful comments have been the ones that follow the feedback styles that have been discussed for the class, WWW and TAG/Pretend. As for feedback out, I have also been trying to leave meaningful comments for other people. Again, I find that my comments seem best when I use one of the feedback styles mentioned above, though it is still difficult sometimes for me to find something to critique or question on someone else's writing. As for blog/introduction comments, I feel I have gotten to know the other people in the class a little bit, but not to a substantial degree. I am happy with my own introduction post as it is now. Looking forward, I wish to improve upon the frequency of my comments for others and also get better at leaving critiques/questions...

Week 8 Reading and Writing I have enjoyed the reading assignments very much overall. I have not kept up as well with the writing assignments, though when I have done them, I have surprised myself with how much I am able to write. I am happy with both my blog and project websites. I think my project has gone well overall since I have been able to choose appropriate stories to add to it even though I only have a few to choose from. I think my biggest accomplishments are that I have written my own stories and I actually like what I have written. I am much more used to writing research papers or essays instead of things like the stories for this class, so I was unsure of if I would be able to do okay at writing these kinds of things. Though, I feel good about the stories I have written and have been surprised by how easy it was to write them once I got started.  (Lion: image by Serg Zhuravlev ) This is my favorite image from my stories/reading notes because of how well don...