Everything In Between

 Week 4  Diving deeper into the family drama with Cassiopeia and Cepheus, I also enjoyed looking into a couple stories about Andromeda   and her relationship with Perseus after she was punished by Poseidon sending Cetus after her. I enjoyed looking into how she was saved and how it became a love story in a way, like a very dramatic love story with family drama literally everywhere. Perseus comes in after slaying medusa and saves Andromeda's life and marries her causing conflicts with her uncle who was promised her. This goes into the story of Perseus turning them into stone. I find the connection to her constellation to be interesting as well because she's chained up as if her and her mother were sentenced to the stars in unfair ways. This would be a good additional story to add on really developing who andromeda is and who Perseus is. I also wanted to dive into Poseidon's role as he is a planet - Neptune . According to the article, the plant was named this following...

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Week 4: Advice to Writers Lab I really enjoy writing these small spin off's for these stories so I thought I'd go into how to change up my writing or advice with it! I've noticed during the reading assignments that I am drawn to stories that get in depth when it comes to the creation of the characters personalities. I become drawn with them and love reading more just to see what's going to happen next! In Jon Winokur's " Advice to Writers " website, a post resonated with me that was called " Give us Characters we'll Carry with us " by Silas House. I notice the stories I remember most are the ones with the best characters. This post also talks about how characters resonate with us because we can relate to them with our own hopes and struggles. I think when it comes to creating these stories, the characters need to be strong for people to remember them or want to keep reading, it feels real and people like real. In my future writings and in my ...

 Week 4 Reading the rest of " The Golden Ass " by Apuleius I was really focused on the shift between the two journeys the lovers were on and the relationships affected by both. It is shocking to me that Venus is so upset as she is known to be the Goddess of love. You would think she would be supportive of Cupid's relationship with Psyche. Instead she is extremely mad and upset about it because she "mocks" her. With that the repercussions show during Psyche's journey when she ultimately needs a place to stay. Surprisingly enough it also shows how strong the relationships between Venus, Juno, and Ceres (although they know Venus is somewhat overreacting) as they acknowledge how Psyche has good intentions but they cannot go against Venus and make her find different places to leave. Even after that Venus doesn't slow down emphasizing how upset she really is. This reminds me of like a mean girl kinda thing where someone takes another girls boyfriend but in god...

 Week 4  For this week's reading I was able to get a better understanding on the assignment after realizing I did it completely wrong last week! Yikes! I was extremely intrigued with the story " The Golden Ass " by Apuleius. I enjoyed how it started off because it started off in such an odd situation. A woman had just been kidnapped and was joined by a magical-hero donkey and a horse that later turns back into his human form. I think it was interesting that the girl was weeping so bad after been kidnapped at her own wedding to the point the old woman who was also there, told her a story to calm her. When she talked about Cupid and Psyche I found it to be an entertaining but very detailed story. The plot of Psyche having sisters and her parents being warned of what would happen to one of them stood out to me because it sets the story of Cupid and Psyche up well, but also showed a parallel to the woman who also got kidnapped on her wedding day. The certain "rules"...

 Week 3  The early stages of the storybook have definitely showed me that I am open to going any direction with it and my blog posts. I don't see myself as a writer by any means, but I do find it interesting that I am capable of doing it and it's somewhat cohesive. Knowing that I'm not the best at the writing process or coming up with ideas and sticking with it, I would love to hear about what others think. In terms of feedback the article " The Difference Between Praise and Feedback " by MindShift does a really good job explaining that kids should be praised for the process of their work, not for themselves. It discusses how students often take on new challenges because they want to, not because they were told they're already good enough. I think that idea is smart when it comes to my storytelling. Telling someone they worked hard writing these stories helps acknowledge their accomplishments and know they've been seen for their capabilities. When it comes...

Week 3  The topic I really explored was digging deeper into constellations and stars and ones that include Greek Gods/Goddesses or queens and kings. Digging into stories I really enjoyed the ones associated with Cassiopeia due to her being known as vain so that's probably my number one most interesting story I want to research further. Her ultimate punishment in some stories was her becoming a warning for others who express this to Greek Gods. Here are some resources and stories into the stories about Cassiopeia. I also explored some others that would be interesting twists to take that had some similarities or involved women and their constellations.  A good mix of constellations and Greek mythology would be  Cassiopeia ; it explains how Cassiopeia is perceived in comparison to other countries and why her constellation in the sky is important. It's placed next to Cepheus and the story from Storyland of Stars  by Mara L. Pratt (pg. 83-84) explains why they're in the s...