Week 12

Finally managed to finish ireflect proposal, a tale about a young lady named Snow. It's not how I originally visioned it to end, but I think/hope I have done it some small justice. I really liked Snows inner dialogue, she is youthful, witty and clearly selfish. 

I wasn't on the books to have Prince enter but I thought Snow's chapter ended on a high note. She has come tot he conclusion that she has fallen in love with Prince, and I had intended to have a chapter where she goes about 'fixing' the minor details of her image i.e. wearing proper female attire, and I thought about her inner struggle to deal with the foreign feelings in a comedic clumsy manner.

Prince's dialogue seemed a little more appealing as he introduces himself as someone who has quite snobbish mannerisms. So to counteract Snows fluffy dialogue, I wanted Prince's to be a bipolar of her later inner dialogue where she realizes her true feelings. Prince appears normal at first, but then he turns and his inner dialogue becomes darker, with an evil twist and cruel intentions in mind.

This final entry for ireflect has been particularly hard, because I can see why I have had minimal feedback from peers. My work produced thus far plays no bearing on what I know I can do. I am just really disappointed because I know I can do better, I will just have to try harder next year. I've managed to place feedback on a few proposals though. Thanks to Farish and Shay I've fixed minor errors and as for Farish wanting to know the outcome of Snow, I have left the ending unfinished for his own interpretation of an ending.

 

Week 10-11

So the last couple of blogs (7-9) have been my thoughts about this paper and how I've struggled to keep up with everything. The saying goes, "everything happens for a reason". Well sometimes you really have to question WHY everything happens for a reason. Couldn't it be because it's lifes way of turning everything upside down once in a while just to see if your going to sink or float? Sink and your completely incapable of a little change, or if your one of the fortunate who float then life is just peachy for you isn't it? 

Right about now, I'm saying to myself "Belinda, you've become somewhat cynical or jaded in the past couple of months", and maybe I have. I could blame it on the aging process OR I can buck up, shut up and persevere. I'll take the later please.

When I first thought of a topic for this Brief, I didn't take into account the amount of time I needed to allocate myself to be able to complete it successfully. There are a few things that I will need to tidy up before submitting i.e. I will need to go back and do a brief summary of Oscar Wilde and complete the definition of genres, and it shouldn't take too long. If I had done this earlier in the semester, I wouldn't find myself in the predicament I do now.

Initially the idea was to write a short story every week, and focus on different genres, but in hindsight I have clearly overcompensated myself to this task. I didn't take into account how much thought was needed in planning a piece, or that I would need to do some research (although small a task it was) on various authors. It obviously didn't pan out the way I thought it would. However, I did receive back some positive feedback from a couple of students who enjoyed my story and advised that I should perhaps continue with the one I have posted for week 6. So, I've decided to heed their advice and continue with Snow. Thankyou for the advice guys :))

I was told by one of my friends that we have until end of week 13 to complete our briefs. This alleviates some of the pressure, but not the disappointment I feel in knowing that I could've done so much better. Final blog post in a few days upon completion and submission of Brief 2.

Week 7-9

Well, after a pretty much crappy start to 2011, it didn't seem to improve at the start of Sem 2. I quite often ask myself if should have thought about taking some time off to deal with what was happening in my personal life. But that's all in the past, and i've struggled to keep up with a couple of papers, and unfortunately this was one of them. Perseverance Belinda! Onwards and upwards, so they say.