Travis'+Reflection


 * 1) Which did you enjoy the most: writing on your own, small group writing or whole class writing? Why?

I think I liked small group writing the best. The whole class writing was a tad hectic and left many people with large gaps of nothing to do and individual writing was a tad boring and much shorter. Small group writing was the perfect combination. Not too many people for some people to get excluded and just enough people to keep fresh ideas flowing and keep the writing more interesting.

2. What do you think was your best piece of work this year? Why?

I think I’ll have to go with the group quest with Mac and Dakota. We never actually finished the story but even at that point it was quite long and interesting. We had already planned out the ending and what were the repercussions of our actions and how it effected the grand scheme of things.

3. What did you struggle the most with in this class? Why?

In this class I struggles most with motivation. My worst flaw as a writer is when I get the idea out, and possible get feedback, I lose interest in it. Its hard to motivate myself to finish something that I already know whats going to happen and how its going to end. Then again, I struggle with motivation in general and do most of my projects at the last possible minute, so that probably has something to do with it.

4.Reflect about your character and region. How did your character change over the course of the year (or semester)? (You may want to look at your original character ideas). Did you like how it came out? What could you have improved or changed? What would you have needed in order to improve or change it?

I really like my character this year, even if I did have a lack of my own region for him. He sort of grew over the year, but mostly grew as a general idea. It was cool to write something unique that hadn’t been done before. He changed from being a ruthless assassin hated by Madam Cho to a slightly better person who was forgiven by Cho. I don’t think I would change him, even if given the choice.

5.What suggestions do you have for this course for next year?

Keep it interesting and exciting. I can’t really think of any large gaping flaws that didn’t have to do with out class being out of the loop.

6.How do you see the role of the teacher in this class?

As the teacher, you create the role model and task manager of the entire class, which I don’t imagine to be easy. As the character you create, you are the glue who keeps the band of misfits from wondering astray and doing whatever they wanted, quest related or not. This role couldn’t be given to a student as they would probably stray themselves.

7.What would you like to see MORE of or LESS of in this class for next year?

What I would like to see more of is something you are already working on, and that is more mythology. I like the focus of Celtic mythology as not only is it something I haven’t explored much, but it is a change of pace from the usual Greek/Roman/Egyptian/Norse route. Something I want to see less of is character without goals. My character as an example, Xanges was striving for nothing and wanted nothing, so it was hard to make him do things that a regular cutthroat would have done just as well. Motivation is something thats a stump in a writer’s path, and I was a flame under my behind so I leap over that stump with a yelp.