Week 8 Reading/Writing Reflections

Now that we’re at the halfway point, it’s time to reflect on what I’ve done so far both in style and in writing. I think I’ve made it further in the class than I did last time, so I’d say that’s going pretty well so far.

So, the first part to reflect on is the aesthetics and appearance of my blog and storybook website. Overall I’m pretty happy. I messed with my blog settings a while back until I was able to find the look that I wanted. I feel like all the blues and grays give a calming feel that goes with the whole “mythological” aspect. I’m also pretty happy with how my Storybook website is looking. That took a lot more tweaking since i’m not as familiar with Google Sites settings vs Blogger, but I think I managed to make it work. There is some stuff I wish I had more flexibility on, but it’s not a big deal. I’ll probably keep tweaking it as I go just because I can.

In terms of my writing, I don’t think that’s going too badly, overall. I probably have an issue with procrastinating too much, then rush-writing at the end to make the deadline for the assignment. I don’t think that’s a super big deal for the short, weekly assignments, but it’s definitely more of a problem with my storybook. After I posted my latest story on my website, I later reviewed it with my boyfriend. There was some stuff in there that I probably wouldn’t have left in there if I wasn’t rushing the writing. As it is, I definitely revised those things a little.

Honestly this picture from my comments wall is still my favorite. Because Futurama and memes. (Source)

In terms of what I’m looking to do in the future, procrastination is, as always, something I always intend to stop doing. (I procrastinate a lot of things.) Beyond that, I think I also want to work on making sure I find new ways to tell stories in new ways, and not just sticking with the same things. I tend to stick with first or third person POVs, and looking at the story from the other point of view, rather than expanding a little and looking at things like rewriting the ending to be different, or gender-bending.