Indian Epics

For my Story Lab I decided to read EmpoWord and the chapter on telling a story. It talks about how storytelling is often a part of our writing and thinking. It can be seen in things like music or science. When telling a story it is important to narrow your scope to include only the important details. Things like pacing are also relevant with it being important to give consideration to how much time each event is given. I also learned about the different POVs and the different techniques I can use. One thing that stood out to me was the part about dialogue. I've been trying to incorporate dialog into my story and sometimes it's difficult to make it flow. I feel like this chapter taught me skills that I can use as I continue to write my storybook. Writing Bibliography: https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/empoword/96/#zoom=z

This week I chose to do the story lab. I chose to watch the two Ted talks on stories and friends.The first Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks  about her experience growing in the U.S. with her Nigerian roots. In her talk she stresses the importance of not judging a person or country on a single story we hear about them. Often we see picture and things in the news and make assumptions based on that. We need to understand that there is more to a culture than we see and there is not one specific stereotype that everyone fits into. The second stalk was about imaginary friends and their consequences. Jennifer Barnes, a ya author, talks about the emotions we feel for fiction and their characters. We spend so much time on books, movies, tv shows, that are fiction. One of the things that draws us to fiction is the relationships we form with characters. These relationships are called parasocial because we don't know them. Ted Talks logo Bibliography: two TED talks about stor...

I chose to watch the crash course videos on Mythology because I thought it would give me more insight into myths and how they are created. One of the things I learned is that myths and religion are often confused. I also learned that although we view the word myth as something that is false, that doesn't mean it is. Myths are significant and have staying power. This is because of the deeper meaning and significance to them. I thought it was really interesting to see how some people use myths as primitive science to explain the creation of the world. There are so many different views and theories about myths and this series helped me understand more about it. I also learned about new stories that I had never heard before. Myth vs. Fact Bibliography:    Overview of Mythology