Week 8 Progress

Overall, I think I'm most proud of the stories on my Project website--"The Making og Galatea," which is based on Ovid's Classical Mythology, and "Till Death Do Us Part," which is based on Egyptian mythology. I've only got two on my site so far, but I'm happy with them both for different reasons. Both of these mythological traditions are cool for different reasons, and I had long-standing interest in both since I was kid, which made it even cooler that I get to explore these myths in more detail for class.

'The Making of Galatea' was fun to write. I got the finished form in one draft, and then went back a few times to fix grammatical errors. As a Letters major, I get to read lots of philosophy and think about what it means to be alive, to relate to other people and to relate to the world around us. That made 'The Making of Galatea' that much more personally intriguing for me. 'Till Death Do Us Part' was harder to write. Not the prologue--'The Death of Osiris'--but the continuation. The 'Death of Osiris' was another one that I was able to knock out in one draft, but the 'Rebirth of Isis' was tricky. I went through several drafts before I decided it was good and finished. In fact, I'm proud of the fact that I kept rewriting and editing until it was all good--because I'm so used to being able to just write once and be satisfied, I'm glad that I've grown enough to keep trying and admit to myself when I haven't written my best.

I have mostly worked out a schedule for this class, but since I have a lot of other things going on, including another online class which is reading heavy, I don't always stick to the schedule. I try to do the bulk of my work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but sometimes I get ahead, working on Mondays. I think it would be cool to be a few weeks ahead, but honestly, I'm just content to keep up and finish on time instead of early. 

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