The fiction of relationship - Assignment One.

I started working on 'The fiction of Relationship' - the course run via Coursera, and have to confess to finding it more in-depth than I imagined it would be. We're on week one at the moment, which is pretty an introduction to the subject (make it sound easy, don't I?), and I had to watch six introductory videos totaling around an hour in duration.

That might not sound all that taxing, but I don't like watching videos. Had I known I would need to watch videos I wouldn't have even signed up for the course. I did though, and to proceed I knew I had to watch them, but I have to say I was enthralled from the start.

The subject matter was interesting and very thought provoking. It was all about the various influences we get from different situations and people, and I found I not only enjoyed watching the videos, but I was able to engage in some discussion in the highly active forum afterwards. (Mine was the cry for help). 

So now I've completed my first assignment and have submitted three days early - this never  happens with Open University courses I can tell you. It did however help that the assignment had a word count of 150 words as opposed to the Open University's 1000+, but who am I to nitpick?

Holiday Time

My Open University courses finished mid-late May, and with the next one starting in October you'd think I've earned myself a nice little break, wouldn't you?

Well actually, no. Since finishing I've tidied up the screenplay I wrote for my second creative writing assignment and sent it off to the Bluecat Pictures Screenplay competition, and signed up for two free online courses - The fiction of Relationship with Brown University and Science Fiction and Fantasy with the University of Michighan.

So, now I have about twenty books to read over twelve weeks, and assignments to write. I'm also going to attempt to edit one of my novel drafts and have pre-reading to do for my next Open University course - (A230 Reading and Understanding Literature).

Busy, busy and loving it.
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