Writing Post

I chose to write a storybook instead of the portfolio. I chose this because I thought composing a storybook of four stories along the same plot would be easier for me than making new stories every week. I'm happy with my choice, and I would recommend it to other students who are concerned with coming up with additional original content. I liked the storytelling and storybook writing assignments the best. I feel like they have really improved my creative writing abilities. I found comments with constructive criticism to be most helpful. I liked hearing where my writing failed others as a reader, as this gave me ideas on how to improve. I am pursuing a career in medicine, so creative writing will not be a big part of my career. I would advise future students not to worry if they are not confident in their creative writing abilities. That part of the class was hard at first but as the semester moved on I found the process to be much easier.

About the reading

After taking this class I feel as though the system worked very well. The reading assignments were never overwhelming or too time consuming. I liked how one version of each epic was shorter and allowed the reader to understand the general plot, then the other version was longer with more content. I thought the balance of reading, writing, and commenting was extremely well balanced and I never thought I was doing too much of any one of those. If I was advising students for next year, I would tell them to do a little bit for this class everyday. At that pace, it is possible to finish the class ahead of schedule and be done by the time finals come around.