Story Lab: Week 14

Writers Write-  

Why Writers Should Know About Monsters Before They Write a Word

By Christopher Luke Dean

Monsters are important to so many types of writing. They keep things interesting! The article suggests looking at folklore to find inspiration for a monster. Tolkien's monsters have roots in Scandinavian stories. Then the next monsters suggest are demons and devils. The background and sources for these are provided. However, those are not all the monsters out there and he provides some other places to find other monsters. 

Hans, a monster who is not a "monster"

I chose this little piece because I never write scary stories. I never even watch them. But monsters are everywhere. A good villain makes a story. So, I thought reading this could help me come up with other ideas for stories. In my next story in my storybook, I do plan for Dante to encounter the Devil. I am nervous to have him do so. I thought reading a little bit more might help. 

Story Laboratory Week 6 Tech Tip

Tech Tip-- Twine

So I have never done this before--so I am excited! I am really glad I don't have to write code for it though! I am not that tech-savvy so even this non-code writing version was hard. I had a hard time trying to create a new passage. But I wrote about things that were on my mind-- A long work shift. I just got off work so it was nice to let off steam this way.

I still had a hard time navigating this site with clear instructions, so I necessarily would not do it again. It is all my fault. I have always been the worst with computers. They make my head hurt too so I have never hard much reason to get better. I wasn't the kid who played video games all day long for sure.

A desktop computer

Twine would be fun to use playing bored in class. Also, I would like to use it as maybe a presentation. It would switch things up more than a powerpoint. It would be more fun and interactive for sure!