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(Image Information: TARDIS, Pixabay )  For this story lab, I read chapter 2 of  EmpoWord . The chapter begins with a Doctor Who quote, which is why I thought it appropriate to share this picture of the TARDIS. The quote, which is actually from Steven Moffat, writer of the show, goes "We're all stories in the end." You may have heard this quote before as it is pretty popular, and for good reason. As EmpoWord discusses, there are multiple meanings we can derive from this quote. The chapter then moves on to talking about narration. According to the chapter, an interesting, well-told story in writing needs description and deliberate choices.  This story lab was very educational and I think having read the chapter will make me a better writer. It talks about everything from plot shapes and form to writing from different points of view. One of my favorite things that I read about was characterization and how to use specific details to enhance your characters. Specifical...

Mr. Fox , by Joseph Jacobs I highly enjoyed this story. Finally, a story where the good guy wins! It's especially rare that the innocent woman escapes the wrath of her opponent. I was quite pleased with the ending of this one. (Image Information: Mr Fox, Blogspot ) This story revolves around Lady Mary, who sounds like a pretty cool woman. The tale begins with "Lady Mary was young, and Lady Mary was fair. She had two brothers and more lovers than she could count." I think that's a pretty badass way to describe the main character, and especially to start your whole story with. So I am totally a fan of Lady Mary, which I think would make writing a story based on this one super fun. I found the plot of this story interesting; We already knew the premise, so when Lady Mary finds dead bodies in her lover's closet, that is no surprise. What I expected to happen next, however, was for her to turn around and find him behind her, only to be killed and added to the...

The Rose Tree is about a girl whose stepmother hates her and tries to kill her. She succeeds and cooks the girl's organs in a stew and tries to feed them to her husband, the girl's father. He won't eat it, even though he doesn't know what it is. The girl's brother buries her body under a rose tree. The tree blooms and a bird flies from it singing a song detailing the wicked events. In the end, the girl/bird gets her revenge by killing the step-mother. The Rose-Tree  by Joseph Jacobs (Image Information: The Rose Tree, Blogspot ) I think this would be a fun story to rewrite. There are lots of directions which this story could go. It could be elaborated on, for example, adding more dialogue between the wicked stepmother and the daughter. It would be fun to write a modern version too. I think it would be so cool to write about a wicked stepmother and daughter in 2019. In fact, it might even work to make the stepdaughter the wicked one instead! I have lots of i...