guess i better get my lazy ass together and start doing my homework. UGH.

Yesh. my reflections on lesson 1.
here is what i have learnt: – active and passive voice
– first person: i, me , myself
– second person: you
– third person: name
eg, Josh walks into the shop. unaware of his fate

Passive vs. Active Voice

Passive:
• Uses weak verbs
• Tells rather than shows what’s going on
• Distances the reader from the story.

Active voice:
• Uses action verbs
• establish the action
• Uses an immediate sentence structure
• Conveys the story in a lively manner.

TIPS FOR WRITING

If you have a work in progress, never stop for the night if you’re stuck.

Always solve the problem and keep going until you are in safer water. A good night’s sleep is important. Sleeping on the problem is a myth

writing in third person and present tense , makes the story more intense and alive to the readers

my reflections:

Right, we have storytelling lessons on Tuesdays. YAY!! Mister Ryan can now give me my extra credits of being the most excited student around. Okay to be honest, I wasn’t really expecting to find myself enjoying the first lesson of story telling, although I do like the idea of reading bedtime stories to my grandchildren in the future. Plus the posting of your weekly reflections on a journal website certainly did mot make me like this module any better. knowing well that I am a technological klutz.
However life seems to have a funny way of turning things around. Mister Ryan kicked off the lesson by playing a funny little game, in which I would like to call it “the introductory help me remember your name game”. it was rather hilarious. got to know a few skeletons in some of my classmates colset, yes all that kinkiness and greasiness, funny.
overall the first lesson kinda changed my initially skeptical impression oh the module. i sure am looking forward to the next lesson.