Drew Myth & Folk

For week 4 I decided to do a story lab versus a story. For the story lab i have decided to learn more about writers block. The article I read was Breaking Down Writers Block by and anonymous writer. The article was very open saying that all writers experience writers block in some form or fashion whether it is a writers still creating work but it just nit being quality, or a writer that can not create work at all. The author said some of the things that can cause writers block, and seeing these writers can look at these and try to avoid these 10 things. The author listed fear, distractions, procrastination, anxiety, self-doubt, fatigue, illness, perfectionism, pressure, depression. These are all key components to the onset of writers block. two of the ones that stuck out to me were self-doubt and perfectionism. These stuck out because i believe these would be the leading causes of writer block in my case. Article Source: Breaking Down Writers Block (Thought this image was fitting...

The story I have chosen for today's reading notes was The Fox and the Crow from Aesop (Jacobs). This was a very interesting story in that it has a very true plot to it that I think everyone should read with an open mind. In the story the fox tricks the crow into dropping the cheese in his beak. He does this by saying how the crows voice must surpass the other birds and that he would like to hear one song, when the crow lifter her head and began to caw the cheese fell out, and the fox quickly snatched it up. The Fox told the crow with a smirk I will give you advice, do not trust flatterers. This was a very good story in that I was almost saying don’t be so open to everyone, because not everyone has good intent. And some people may only be out there to hurt you or steal from you. (A crow with cheese, Source: Crow ) Story Source: The Crow and The Fox

The Story I have chosen to write notes over was Lions Part one From Aesop’s Fables. The Part of the story that I was drawn to was when the lion was telling the other animals what his share would be. He started out by telling them to quarter the animal, after that he said the three quarters were for him and for the fourth quarter, he would like to see who would dare lay a paw on it. Pretty much he is bullying the other animals to get his way. As the fox walked away with his tail between his legs he mumbled something under his breathe that kind of foreshadowed the story. The fox said “You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil. This was very interesting to me in that the fox although scared of the lion, believed that because of the lions inconsideration of others, something bad would happen to him. (Picture is of a Lion, Source: lion ) Source: Lions Part One