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For me, time management comes with discipline. I do not like using timers because sometimes tasks take longer or shorter than you originally thought. I also do not like timers because they make me feel rushed. Instead, I just create a game plan of what I need to accomplish and when I need to accomplish the task by. Then, I just utilize my discipline to get the tasks done. 

Story Planning: Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry

By momokacma found on Flickr

Story Notes:

A cat and a mouse became very close to each other. The cat loved the mouse so much that the cat convinced the mouse to live with him. They needed to prepare for winter. They bought a pot of fat and decided the safest place to store it was in the church under the alter because no one would dare steal from a church. The cat decided that he really wanted some of the fat without the mouse knowing. The cat lied to the mouse and left the mouse home alone to go get some fat. The cat left and went to the church. He began licking the fat before he went to the town and walked on the roofs. He did not return until the evening. The cat told the mouse that they named his godchild “Top-Off.” The cat again lied to the mouse about going to be a godfather to another child to go get more fat. When he returned, he told the mouse that they named the new child “Half-gone.” The cat again lied to the mouse about another new child. The mouse was skeptical but agreed to let the cat go. The cat finished off the fat before returning home. The cat told the mouse the new child’s name was “All-gone.” When winter came, the mouse needed food, so the cat and mouse went together to the pot. When the mouse saw it was all gone, the mouse realized what had happened. The mouse was angry and began to accuse the cat. The cat then ate the mouse. The End.

Story Plan:

For this story, I am planning on writing a story that plays off of Tom and Jerry. This was one of my favorite TV shows growing up. I think I will start with Tom and Jerry doing their normal shenanigans before they get lost in the city. They cannot find their way home, so they decide to team up to survive. This all goes well until Jerry realizes that Tom is lying and messing everything up. Then Tom eats Jerry to end the story. Some of my writing goals will be to stay in the same tense for the entire story and to use active verbs.

Bibliography:

 The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales translated by D. L. Ashliman (1998-2013). Link

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Ashliman) Part A

Cat with Mouse

By Yintan found on Wiki

A cat and a mouse became very close to each other. The cat loved the mouse so much that the cat convinced the mouse to live with him. They needed to prepare for winter. They bought a pot of fat and decided the safest place to store it was in the church under the alter because no one would dare steal from a church. The cat decided that he really wanted some of the fat without the mouse knowing. The cat lied to the mouse and left the mouse home alone to go get some fat. The cat left and went to the church. He began licking the fat before he went to the town and walked on the roofs. He did not return until the evening. The cat told the mouse that they named his godchild “Top-Off.” The cat again lied to the mouse about going to be a godfather to another child to go get more fat. When he returned, he told the mouse that they named the new child “Half-gone.” The cat again lied to the mouse about another new child. The mouse was skeptical but agreed to let the cat go. The cat finished off the fat before returning home. The cat told the mouse the new child’s name was “All-gone.” When winter came, the mouse needed food, so the cat and mouse went together to the pot. When the mouse saw it was all gone, the mouse realized what had happened. The mouse was angry and began to accuse the cat. The cat then ate the mouse. The End.

Bibliography:

 The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales translated by D. L. Ashliman (1998-2013). Link

Reading Notes: Italian Popular Tales Part B

"Bizarro" © by Dan Piraro found on Hawaii.edu

There was a father and a son who spent 10 years in school. The teacher finally demanded the father take his son out of school because there was nothing more to teach him. The father threw a grand banquet for this. At this banquet, someone asked that the son tell them of the things that he learned. He said he learned the languages of dogs, frogs, and birds. This made everyone laugh and the father was embarrassed. The father demanded two servants kill the son and bring him the heart. The servants did not want to, so instead they killed a dog and brought him the dog’s heart. The son fled and took refuge in a castle. When he arrived dogs all came to the door. The treasurer asked why this was so. The son could understand the dogs who were warning of assassins about to strike the castle. The son warned the treasurer and the assassins were captured that night. The son was rewarded but he left the castle to return in a year. He then came to a city where a daughter of a king was ill because the frog’s croaking was keeping her up. The son listened and determined the daughter threw a cross in the fountain. When the cross was removed, she healed. He was rewarded but too left this city. He went to Rome but on the way picked up 3 companions. They were sleeping when birds came and sang to them. It was odd but the son could understand that they were saying one of them was to be the new Pope. The son was then anointed as Pope. He then sent for the king, treasurer, and his father. He proved to his father he wasn’t lying. The father then begged for forgiveness.

Bibliography:

Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Link

Reading Notes:Italian Popular Tales Part A

A rose.

By Huhu found on wiki

Zelinda and the Monster

There was a poor man who had three daughters. The youngest was the fairest and most civil. The other two daughters were jealous of the youngest because the father liked her best. The father was going to a fair to gather provisions and asked the daughters if they wanted gifts. The father of course being poor wished the daughters asked for simple things. The two jealous sisters asked for a dress and a shawl, but the youngest asked for only a rose. He found the dress and shawl easily but it was not the right season for roses. The father really wanted to please the youngest daughter so he took the first road he came upon. He found a garden that had a rose bush. There was no one around to buy the rose from, so he just reached in and picked it. When he picked it, a dragon appeared and sentenced the man to death for destroying his bush. The man begged for his life. The dragon said that someone must die and that it either would be the daughter who asked for the rose or the man. The man couldn’t leave until he swore to bring the daughter who asked for the rose. The father gave the presents to the daughters, but the daughters could tell that something was wrong. The father explained the predicament. The two jealous daughters yelled that the youngest must go die. The youngest daughter calmly agreed. The father left the daughter with the dragon who kept asking the daughter if she would be his wife. She declined many times. The father was dying and the dragon said he’d save him if she married him. She agreed and then the dragon turned into a handsome young prince. He was enchanted to be a dragon until he convinced a beautiful girl to marry him.

Bibliography:

Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Link