Pranali Patel's Blog

Advice to Writers  I chose to read and write about the advice to writing that many people have given. I personally found them very helpful as a new writer as I am learning everyday to write. It had been a while since I had to free write. Since I have been in college I have not free written. Last time I had to write was back in high school and even then we were asked to follow guide lines which made it some what easier to write. When there are really no guide lines the writer gets to be as creative as possible. I liked the advice from Mantel she s aid if you get stuck take a walk or nap or make a pie. You can pretty much do anything just do not keep looking at the the page. Do anything besides talking to people. I also like the advice of finding your optimum hour to write. That is when you best write so it will be the easiest to write at that time. I really like what David McCullough said. The hardest thing to make writing look effortless. Most things I have read seem so effort...

Crash Course Mythology video  These mythology crash course are really interesting. They are helpful in learning about the general things about mythology and also actual myths that exist in the world. There was so much information coming all at once which was hard to comprehend at the same time but there were many interesting things that were said. I like how there was examples given for things that were said which made it easier to understand. I really like the myth example that was given about how humans apparently eat 10 spiders in a year but this is not a proven fact. This is just a myth, just like many other myths that we hear. The guy is pretty easy to understand and he is pretty interactive in his video. He has a good tone of voice that he uses. I like how he included all kinds of different myths around the world and ones we find in different cultures. I like how the video had stuff about Hero’s and they included women and men because the actual heros are both genders. When...