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My Feedback Thoughts

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I think that no one understands how important feedback is until you take Media Writing and Storytelling in Gaylord College. In that class one mistake can cause a student to get a F on an assignment quicker than you can type the mistake. I feel as though other classes that I will and am taking as a professional writing major will indeed have a growth mindset train of thought. However, when dealing with news writing and journalism the idea of accuracy is such a big thing that manytimes one mistake can cause the student to quickly fail one of the main entry courses into the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications.      One of the articles that I enjoyed reading was the article titled Make Good Art . I enjoyed this because mistakes are one of the many ways in which students learn how to do the craft of writing. Students cannot become good at writing without making mistakes and learning how to look and fix those mistakes. So many times as a writer I think that I...

Topic Brainstorms for my Storybook

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There are a few topics that I would be interested in and would like to expand on. The first topic is what would happen if Adam and Eve were not heterosexual but instead were queer. I would be looking at Lilith as a possible romantic love interest for Eve. I also would gain the opportunity to create a new character for Adam that he loves. My thoughts on this new character would call into question what would happen if Adam had a male lover that was his compatible partner in life and likewise for Eve. I would derive parts of my story from the Bible by looking into Genesis for the roots of the story then look into the story of Lilith for the other side of the story. (Picture of  Holy Bible ) The second topic that would be possible to place in my storybook would be a story about the end of the world and the rapture. This story would be influenced heavily by the book of Revelation in the Bible. The characters that I could use could be entirely fictional and could possibly be an LG...

Week 2: Reading Overview

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Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3: Adam and Eve Week 4: Gospel of Mark Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5: Folklore of the Holy Land Week 6: Life of the Buddha Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. Week 7: Japanese Mythology Week 9: Lang Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: Cherokee Week 11: Apache Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12: Celtic Tales Week 13: More Celtic Tales Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14: Librivox Week 15: Dante's Inferno (The best writing weather nice and cloudy: Personal Photo)          Most of my readings I hope to draw from a biblical perspective on some of these readings I am most excited for the biblical readings and I am also super excited for the celtic readings as I have a little Irish in myself. One topic that I would like to read about which I ...