Storybook Plan

THEME:

The central focus in this three or four part arc story would be;
PART ONE: This part of the story would start with Paris seducing Helen of Sparta, follow the Trojans sailing back to Troy, the Greeks learning and planning the invasion of Troy, overall this part of the arc would end with a Greek victory on the beaches of Troy. 

PART TWO: We cover the first major battle that features the full strength and force of each army. The end result is a decisive Trojan victory that sends the Greek army into full retreat. Rather than have Hector kill Patroclus in the ensuing battle on the beaches there would be no third battle until the Myrmidons leave the beaches of Troy.

PART THREE: After the greatest Greek warriors leave the Trojans mount the final offensive that leaves the Greek army defeated in its entirety with no survivors. A complete reversal of what happened in Homer's Iliad of when Troy was sacked and the men, women, and children being slaughtered. 

Potential Part Four: A naval Trojan offensive against a weakened Greece that results in Troy controlling the Aegean.

Bibliography:

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

Homer's The Iliad

Troy - 2004 film distributed by Warner Bros.

Stories:

Homer's Illiad, Kline version

Minoan Crete

Mycenaean Crete

Story Style:

Screenplay for a movie

Style of a book 

Week 4 Lab

Disguising my characters
The advice giver, Anne Bernays, gives you the advice of disguising the people you know in your writings. Don't make it obvious to them that they are in your story because you may so happen to write a story that would hurt them. Writing reveals your inner thoughts and if they were to catch on that they are the character then they would potentially be alarmed by it.

Write Dangerously
The title itself give you the impression that you should take risks in your writings.The actual post indeed says that modern writers should take an adventure in their works that would allow them to take risks. I'm going take the advice of writing dangerously as I don't know yet where the story I'm writing for the term project will take me but taking risks should give it awesome twists and turns in the story and the plot.

ATW Interview - Jasper Fforde
The biggest part that I take from the interview of Jasper Fforde is suffering from writer's block. We're going to hit a wall eventually trying make something new that has never been told before. The interview itself was a bit of a roller coaster ride. Specifically when he says that he's in a Brazilian prison writing a book. The advice of doing your own thing is a fantastic message to new writers. Being bold and find new ways of telling the story.

ADVICE

Week 4B Reading

Bibliography
Adam and Eve

The Forgotten Books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.

Leaving the Garden - 
Adam and Eve were distraught when God cast them out of the garden. This section shows that God can show you mercy and pity as he did not forsake them entirely. He helped them and elevated them by leading them to the cave of treasures.

Entering the Cave of Treasures - 
God again shows them mercy and pity as he led them into the cave of treasures showing them two routes, one for 5,000 and the other for 500 years. And that one would protect Adam's descendants.

They Die a First Time - 
Adam and Eve kill themselves out of grief, but again God shows mercy and raises them from the dead through comfort. He tells them that they brought this upon themselves. He ends by saying that he does not nor did ever intend to destroy them because they are his children, his creations.

The Beasts of the Creation - 
Adam and Eve emerge from the cave to the entrance of the garden and weep as they are no longer allowed into it. They see the river that waters the garden split into four to water the earth. At the end they look up on the area one last time, never to return.

Want of Water and Light - 
One of humanities basic needs in life is water. Adam and Eve are trying to find it as they can never return to the garden. With light comes darkness. With the dark comes the brightness. 

The Darkness - 
The never to return to the garden part from the last two sections is amended here at the end when they would be allowed to return when the fulfillment of the days are upon them.

The Sunrise and the Serpent - 
The callback to when they were deceived by the serpent to eat from the forbidden tree. The part that stands out the most is when it is said the serpent was the fairest of all beasts but it was changed into making it the ugliest of them all. And instead of having the first pick of food, they now eat the dirt and dust of the ground.

Suicide and Salvation - 
Adam realizes what has happened to them. He finally sees that Satan had deceived them. God in turns saves them.

Worship and Blessing - 
Since no religion is established, no one knows how to honor God. Specifically Adam. Throughout the story Adam basically has suicidal thoughts to make himself an offering to God because God is merciful and pitiful towards them. At the end God tells him not to kill himself again and at the end it was said to Adam that it would be God that would save him.

Adam and Eve - Edvard Munch

Week 4A Reading

Bibliography

Adam and Eve

The Creation – King James Bible (1611): Genesis 1-2

God created man in his own image. Taken from the Book of Genesis, this portion of the tale is an exact retelling of the tale from the Bible. From breathing into the nostrils of a mold that looked like a man from dust to Adam and Eve still having their innocence and not being ashamed that they were naked.

The Fall – King James Bible (1611): Genesis 3

In this part of the story, the serpent tempts Eve to eat from the forbidden tree in the garden. When she ate from the tree, she became ashamed that she was naked and had Adam eat from the tree. Both ashamed they made themselves aprons to cover themselves. As a result, God made them leave the garden forever.

The Ideal Man – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

Adam was the perfect man due to being in the image of God. As generations passed, those who resembled Adam were few in numbers. Adam was shown the whole of Earth and Adam designated what places were to be settled later by men, and what places were to remain waste.

The Fall of Satan – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

Satan was the petty child, always wanting the undivided attention from God. Satan became flamboyant and started to test the patience of God, daring him to cast him out. And so God flung Satan out of heaven down to earth.

Lilith – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

Lilith was Adam’s first wife but insisted on being his equal, so they only lasted for a short period of time. She ultimately left Adam and so Adam complained to God that she left him. He sent angels to capture her. They threatened her, but she preferred it to being with Adam.

Eve – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

Because of the Lilith fiasco, God did not want to make another woman that was the same as a man. So he made the woman from a man.

Paradise – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

In this section, the prelude to the Ten Commandments was put forth through; man should not worship idols; nor blaspheme God; nor commit murder, nor incest, nor theft and robbery; and all generations have the duty of instituting measures of law and order.

The Fall of Man – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

Eve gave the forbidden fruit to all beings so that they would also know death. As a result they all became naked and horny. Because of this they were ashamed.

The Punishment – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

When God came down from the heavens, both Adam and Eve hid in shame. When confronted they ratted out the serpent as the one who deceived them. He made the snake and all his descendants eat dirt as a result.

The Punishment, Part 2 – The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg

God made the entire world and the moon suffer from Adam and Eve’s disobedience. God cast them out of the garden permanently.

Adam and Eve - Edvard Munch