Week 12 Reading: Grimm (Librivox) Part B

Week 12 Reading:

Grimm (Librivox) Part B

For the second half of the reading, I continued to listen to the Librivox Grim Fairytales and came to a sad conclusion about myself. Something that I realized I love in a story, specifically a fairytale, is when those of good heart and intention prosper. If the lovely individuals are given their deserved opportunities, then it only makes sense that the villainous characters are given what they deserve. At least to me, this is how I feel the story should go. Outside of my opinion, most of the scripts in this second half had a good ending for everyone character. It felt as though they took one instance to provide a consequence that someone could learn from, then instantly made everything better. The meaning behind rewarding those who treat others with love and respect gets diminished a little bit by this for me. With that, I'd change the writing style to put more emphasis on the downfall of the characters who have poor intentions from the start or just rude behaviors drawn to life. The endings over the second half were also very abrupt to me. There was an ascend in the plot that put grand emphasis on the "final task" that most protagonists in these stories endured; it was sad to see their success feel lack-luster because there would be a summation of the aftermath and every character was given a happy ending. I think if they added more of a brooding opening as well, it would emphasize the harsh reality of the cruel intentions of man that they like to touch on in these works. I do like the method of task creation that each story uses though. The adventure is the best part of these tales, and it really paints a picture to follow as you read or listen through.


Image: Grimm Illustration (Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliography:  Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm (Un-Textbook)

Week 12 Reading: Grimm (Librivox) Part A

Week 12 Reading

Grimm (Librivox) Part A

I was thrilled to learn we had the option to skip over to European stories during these weeks! It's sad that we're getting close and close to being done here, and I'd love to go back and read all the stories, but Grimm Fairytales were specific to my inspiration in my project so, I thought it would be appropriate to jump on the opportunity to do complete readings on them. I want to do another Brother's Grimm story for next week as well, but for now, we'll go with the Librivox one! I plan to read Crane for next week, and I might as use these endings to help influence how I end my story for the class project. I loved the snippets of dialogue they used to cut throw the narrations of the story. It was light and whimsical, so you felt the vibe of a fairytale. I love that because these are similar to the Disney related tales that children grow up to know, I think the dramatic endings and twists give more emotion and depth to the passages. Don't get me wrong, not all of these accounts have sad endings. Most of them actually have decent ends with maybe a few traumatic consequences scatter throughout the work.  I know that the word "grim" can create this complex of thinking that the stories will end in death, sadness, maybe the villain getting what they want. That isn't necessarily the case for these stories. They can have excellent alternatives, but the way they decide to get there makes these fairytales, not as child-friendly or seem delicate anymore. That's my favorite part of these types of tales and what I want to take away to use in my endings for my project this semester.


Image: Grimm Fairytale (Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliography:  Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm (Un-Textbook)

Story Lab Week 12: Twine story software (Tech Tip)

Story Lab Week 12:

Twine story software 

This week, I decided to do the Twine Story Software reading because of my project this semester. I definitely looked into using Twine to make my choose your own adventure story, but because my choices weren't as elaborate as this software would have preferred, I just went ahead and used the button options on google sites. I do regret not using Twine, and if I had more time, I would have put more into my adventure story! So I might pick up on using this software even after the class ends and start just making fun stories on the side that my friends could read if they choose to. I could also use this to accompany my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns with some of my groups! I love how easy it is to use this application. You can also connect more options to different things, and it just helps to keep everything organized. It's also great at loading in options and providing an "undo" so you can backtrack if you change your mind later. Something I added to my story was that some outcomes brought you back to a fork. Making this return fork was harder on the google sites option than it was on Twine! I highly recommend using this site if you'd like to make an adventure. I regret not working with it, but I do think that my story wouldn't have had as many essentials to use this application to its full potential.


Image: Adventure Tag (Flickr)
Twine Info: Twine Tech Tip