Charley's Blog

   Skinwalker/Black Dog Link I really enjoy the idea of a choose your own adventure type story. It makes the story more immersive and just more fun in general. I do not really know how to go about creating one, so I think it would be worth my while to spend some time on the extra credit tech tips page . I would be able to learn how to use twine, and that could give my stories a real chance to come to life. I think I will spend the next couple of weeks or so going through the twine section of tech tips and become well acquainted with the software, as well as earning some extra credit along the way. Ooh, I enjoyed the suggestion of possibly combining all of my previous ideas and see what the outcome may be. I could have a native American and a Scotsman or Irishman, exchanging stories or warnings of creatures from their culture. They could possibly happen upon a person or creature and get real spooked from the stories that they have been telling. An argument could arise a...

  Brainstorming Ideas Link I am really interested in the Celtic stories, so I think that it would be fun to do a story inspired by one of our Celtic readings. Both pages from the untext, Celtic Tales and  More Celtic Tales , will be helpful with this project. I already know about some of their mythos, such as the dullahan, so that could be a fun idea for a story. I am sure to learn about more creatures from the readings, so I could also create a story about one of them. If one of the stories jumps out at me, then I could do a retelling of that specific story. I am native American, so I think that it would be fun to do a story that draws upon those roots. A good resource for this would be the NATIVE AMERICAN units . I really enjoyed the first story that I read and it gave me a lot of inspiration when I went back and retold it. I could also recreate one of the many other stories that there are for us to read. I know that the native Americans have some fun folklore, suc...