I actually really enjoyed reading the Mahabharata this week.
I was a little bit nervous because I was told from a student who has previously
taken this course that it is a lot more confusing that the Ramayana. It did
have a ton of different characters with names I had trouble remembering but I
went to my Pinterest board and searched the Mahabharata and found a family
tree. It was extremely helpful to have pulled up side by side with the story on
my computer so every time the story mentioned a character I could quickly
reference who it was. I also took more detailed notes this week focusing on
story lines in order to minimize my confusion. I think this was helpful in terms
of comprehending the story but wasn’t quite as beneficial for my story telling.
While I really enjoyed the story, I did have a difficult
time getting inspired to write a story. I was having trouble getting passionate
about an idea and decided to story plan this week. As I began just writing out
ideas it slowly started to form and I was able to create an outline that I
think will make for a good story next week. I had planned on writing my
actually story this week but I think I am too inexperienced of a writer to
always be able to jump into a story. Taking this step back to plan out what I’m
going to write I think will have a positive effect on my stories.
This coming Monday I have my first midterm exam and I was
afraid I’d have to sacrifice a few assignments in this class and rely on extra
credit but I was actually more productive throughout the week and was able to
get farther ahead of my usual schedule. It’s only Friday and I am almost
completely done with the week including extra credit so I am excited about
that. I hope I am able to keep this momentum going into next week so that I am
less overwhelmed on Sundays.
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