Week 8 Progress

I am happy with the progress of both my blog and my storybook so far. So far I have a weekly routine that has worked for me outside of a couple fires needing to be put out with my capstone by doing most of my writing during the weekend. The class assignments that I enjoy the most I would say are the retelling of stories as they allow for different creative styles to be tried weekly. My website has gone good in terms of its creation, but I would like to include some different and new images. The only change I want to make is to avoid the pitfall of not budgeting enough time in my weekend to complete the necessary amount of posts. I do want to try and add more dialogue in my writing moving forward, but I will do so slowly to make sure I do it correctly. The one thing I want to change about my website is to change the header photo for each of the different pages.

My hometown of Alton, IL where I will be relaxing before starting my job this summer is my current motivation

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

I would rate the comments that I have received quite well as they have helped me improve aspects of my writing. The comments the suggest alternatives for my content make me brainstorm more and more before writing as they show me different ways that I could have retold my stories. I think that I am leaving constructive and positive feedback on stories I read while inquiring about aspects of each retelling. I found that posing questions is an excellent strategy to get the author thinking about their content and their future content. Also reading others work has inspired many of my different writings and helped me become more dynamic with my writing styles. I do feel that you can connect with others through commenting on their blogs throughout the semester. I feel like my intro and other stories were a great place for people to get to know about me. I need to offer more alternatives for material that I am reading while commenting. Overall I don't want to make any changes currently to either my comment wall or introduction.

I chose this picture as it applies for my storybook as I need to take feedback that I am getting to help adjust my future writing on my story.

Week 8 Reading and Writing

I feel as though my writing has become more dynamic and creative as the semester has gone on because I am starting to write with a more creative focus unlike the technical reports I have been doing as a mechanical engineering student these last four years. I am happy with both my blog and my storybook as I feel I have creative stories on both platforms. I feel like my biggest accomplishment so far in writing was creating my storybook as it is a much larger story and project than any of my other writings. I feel like the author's notes are essential as they help fill in any blanks the reader may have as well as provide your personal touch even further on the stories. Lastly, I wouldn't say that I have discovered any new topic, but I have refined the process of story writing by writing out a rough map of the story arc on paper beforehand.