Indian Epics

I watched the YouTube version online. I like that it was fast past however I don't know if I liked the stories. They weren't bad but thematically I didn't like the elements in the story. I remember a lot of elephants being in the stories which kind if gave me an idea to maybe do a dream sequence where Krishna keeps running into an animal and not necessarily a elephant but a way smaller animal that is very aggressive like a raccoon or a honey badger. I could make like a joke story and do a mixture of that very old viral video on honey badger don't care and mix it with fights from Krishna. I could also do an adopt parent story and tie it in with the story of Krishna taming the bull. I know that may be a possible problematic topic and am very hesitant to write on that so I don't offend anyone. Although, I could use a stray animal that has a rabid personality that warms up to its owner over time as they are shown kindness to them. I think that maybe the way that I go. T...

Source: Walking Child If I just adjust myself a bit here and here, then I can walk a little bit. The young child was off in a corner slowly pushing their self of the couch. They had young toddler had finally gotten to where they were balanced and just teetering back in forth trying to gauge how much weight to put on their feet. While the young toddler was so focused on figuring out how to walk, they didn’t notice their parents in the background silently cheering. “Ben come here! Look! Be Quiet!”, the mother exclaimed excitedly. The mother had been waiting for forever to see her first born walk. She was so excited she could barely contain it. She rushed to grab her phone and record the toddler’s first steps. She knew that the child was right around the corner to walk. The toddler had been slowly pulling their self-up for weeks and standing alone when they got the chance. Then there it was caught on camera the first few steps. The mother could not contain her excitement and ye...

I think the wise merchant story would be a nice one to work with. I am not sure how I would flip it for the story but I do think that it gives an element maybe making siblings and the "demon" be the parents and going from there. The girly-face story was interesting I think it might be a good story to retell but use the Santa Claus having a young child really excited for Christmas but then overhear some talking about how he isn't real and have him act out for a bit and get the parents to have Santa Claus send him a letter and then he is back to normal. I wasn't too fond of the Banyan deer and The three princes story. I didn't really like how the story went. The white elephant story wasn't something that I could personally work with either. Unless I made the elephant like a beggar that was taken in my a circus and then go from there. The pig and ox story would be a great on thing that would be great for envy. I could do a rich man and a poor man and make it s...

I kind of liked the crocodile and monkey story I don’t know if there is enough move around in the story for my mind to work with. I need a more vague story unless I changed the setting altogether. I am not a trickster at heart so coming up with a way to make this story my own would be a serious challenge for me. Which I guess would force me to broaden my creative ability. I think the turtle story is also a little straightforward. I am not sure how I could flip this story. I wouldn’t even know where to place this story what elements I would add for a personal touch to the story. So far reading these stories and coming up with a story that I would be happy with and make my own will be a challenge. The merchant story it reminds me of how in the beauty and the beast the man turned away the beggar and it turned out to be an enchantress. I think this would be a great way to retell the story of the greedy merchant and the golden bowl. Then adding an element to the story were the cur...

Source: Flickr I was off to work today at the castle. I would have never known that I would somehow become apart of the royal family on this day. The day started out normal. I always admired my little cottage before I headed off. I looked around my small cottage and I just adored it. Form the small window above the kitchen sink, I even love the little squeak on the floorboard when I you step in a certain spot by the bed. I didn’t have much but it was enough for me to get by and honestly, I didn’t want much. I knew that from working at the palace that having a lot of things did not make you a good person. After the king had died and one of his two sons took over everyone has been pushing for him to have an heir to the throne. Then disaster struck both sons had died, and all the advisers had pushed for the uncle to have a child. Everyone calls him Uncle B, but Uncle B took an oath that vowed he would never marry and never father any children. The kingdom was in distress. As I wa...

I read/ watched the online film. It was a different experience. I think I had an easier time following the story with the online film then the reading. Like if I would gave watch the film and then did the reading, I think things would have flowed a little better for me. I also think the film leave more to the imagination. It allows you to fill in the gaps and I think it gives me or creative range. I think it was to be expected because you can fit more into a book then in a movie. I think this retelling was more factual then story like. To me it didn't really give the characters emotions or motivations.  I think I would watch the episodes and find which story would interest me the most and then go and read that portion of the epic. I also really like this online version because I can control how I watch it and how fast the story goes. I often find myself stuck on a sentence or the names starting to blend together so it was a refreshing being able to get the same story in a new way b...

I think I can be doing a lot better than I am right now.  I think I am most proud of overcoming my fear of writing in this class. I think my weekly routine is coming alone as well. I switch work schedules in the year and I think that’s what threw me off the most is adjusting to that so that I can work out perfectly how to balance working nearly full-time and going to school full-time.  Coming up with ideas I think of the reading notes assignments or reading other people’s stories are my favorite part of the class I get to see how they think about The readings and what they come up with as well. I want to avoid missing many assignments!  I will be using the extra credit options from here on out. The tech aspect of the class isn’t the hard part for me I think it’s just the coming up with ideas and developing an understandable story that engages readers but also retells another story. Source: You Can Do It

I think the feedback that I am receiving is very nice. The comments that I receive make me  feel like my writing is way better than it actually is. I think that encourages me to write better and that maybe my ideas for writing aren't all that bad or off the wall. I do wish that people would pick out my grammatical errors. I know for a fact I am far like very far from perfect. I try to compliment how they write not even necessarily the story its self. I try to mention how the story flows.  I also try to tell them if i notice grammatical errors if I noticed them. I also try to do a compliment sandwich. Which is compliment critics, and then compliment. So you always end on a positive not. I don't know if I feel connected but it could be because I feel like online presence are not the person their self. I think that idea comes from staged everything online. I do feel like the comments are genuine. I think my introduction post does tell 'me' pretty well. I think I need...

I think I hate my writing. Every time I sit down to write a headache forms. One, I am not good at knowing where to put a punctuation or when I should end the sentence. I write how I think which is usually a jumbled mess and usually scattered. That's where I got the idea to make the cover of my google site a women with a bunch of scenery on her head because that's how I think and often times I don't know what to write about. I think I often pull the smallest details out of the story and not the central theme of a story because I think it gives me more creative freedom to make it my own.  On the brighter side I do think that I am not as anxious as I was writing in the first few weeks of class and for that I am proud of myself for. So far my favorite reading has been Sita. I think to just come and go from the Earth is pretty mysterious. I also read her story in a comic version so I think that's what set the story apart from the rest. Cover of My Project Source: Whim...

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“ These young children don’t even know the real stories of vampires, let alone the original pair!” My grandmother shouted as she saw another ad on TV for the Twilight series. I always chuckled a little she was constantly telling old stories, most people chalked it up to myths and legends but not Mah Mah she was stubborn. “Well grandma since you know so much why don’t you tell me who the original pair are?” “ You’re a cheeky one aren’t you. It all started very long ago some say that it was an oath taken out on a gamble. There were five brothers and known as the Pandava brothers. They were all unique but Bhima. Bhima was mighty, strong, a warrior, scared of no one,wielder of the mace….” “ Ok Ok Ok grandma I get it he likes to fight can you carry one and get to the point.” I could tell my grandmother was invested into this story it was strange to see her this lively over something I didn’t even think she knew much about. “ Don’t interrupt. It’s rude. Anyways back to the story where wa...

In this reading there was a lot of descriptive fighting and sometimes the story elements remind me of a childhood tV show avatar airbender and I think incorporating one of my favorite childhood tv shows and the fights would be a great element especially since they either the four elements as a weapon and instead of everyone being able to use one of the elements to fight only a few ( honestly I could choose the Pandava brothers) and have them control an element and that could be a gift that the gods grant them. But I could also incorporate Karma because with great responsibility comes great sacrifice. And I know that there are five brothers and only 4 elements but the most worthy brother would be able to control all four elements like in the avatar and then I could make it to where they die like when they drank from the lake on how they would have to repay with their lives for having such a great power. I could use all the mini battles to tell how they used their battles. Although descr...