With that being said, I feel that my best writing assignment this week was when I rewrote the story of Saint Christine. I felt like I conveyed the story in a successful way by adding new details and changing the storyline just a bit. I thought the story was interesting and that is why I chose to retell it. I really went out of my comfort zone with deciding to read the Women Saints unit. I really don't read anything religious in nature at all and that was my main motivation for trying to read this unit. I wanted to try to read something I'd never read before and see if it interested me at all. I found the Women Saints unit to be completely different from reading religious scripture, so that really helped me stay more involved in reading the stories.
I still haven't really gotten into the writer's groove yet. In my opinion, there is much improvement needed in my writing to make it more evocative and eloquent. This class is making me wish that I had a more creative talent for writing stories like some of the other students taking this class. With the help of reading other people's stories, plus talking to a friend of mine who is a creative writer, I hope to learn some better techniques in my writing style and word usage. At least, I have an idea now of what I want to write about for this class, so that is definitely one step in the right direction.
Krista- I could not even imagine what it would be like to try to take care of a family while going to school. You are amazing! I feel like I’m falling behind when I don’t work ahead but then I have to remind myself that it’s perfectly okay. I read the saints unit for week two and did my story on Saint Barbara. I really enjoyed it. I’ll have to check yours out.
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Krista, I understand how it feels like to be in the position where you feel like you are falling behind in classwork--but you have a busy schedule. You're supermom! I think you'll probably find your groove soon, since each week has basically the same schedule of assignments for this class. And I'm sure you will get better with writing and the ideas will come easier to you as this semester goes on. But good luck with everything!!
ReplyDeleteYou totally bring a whole new perspective to being a student, as a mother. I can totally relate to the whole creativity aspect. Sometimes it take a lot of energy to step out a be creative. It's really hard work. I feel like it's so difficult to put yourself out there and write with no reservations.
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