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Word count of 2200 sign source:  Wikimedia For this weeks tech tip I chose to write about the google chrome extension, word counter. Word counter is an extremely helpful tool that will count how many words you have in a paragraph at the click of a button. It is extremely helpful for a class like this where you have a word minimum and maximum on certain blogs. Before using this tool I was copying my paragraphs into Microsoft Word which took some time because I had to open up Microsoft Word then copy it in, but now I can get the count at the click of a button. I would highly recommend getting this extension.

Lion and Crane Source:  Un-Textbook For my story notes this week I chose to do them over Indian Fairy Tales. This reading is a multiple different stories within one reading. Each story is different and has its own setting and plot line. Two of the stories that stood out to me were "The Lion and the Crane" and "The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal." These two stories are both similar in content. Both of the stories have an animal known to kill who are saved by someone or something else and does not return any favor for saving the beast.  In “The Lion and the Crane” a crane saves a lion from choking on a bone and the lion says to the crane his reward is him not being eaten. In “the Tiger, Brahman, and the Jackal” the Brahman saves a tiger from a cage but the tiger says he’s going to eat the Brahman after he got out. The tiger then had to be tricked back into the cage to save the Brahman’s life. I think it would be a great turn around to make a new story with...

Coffee and Journal Source:  Max Pixel For this week's blog I decided to do a story lab over two different articles from the  Writers Write Website. These two articles that I chose to read about were "3 Simple Ways to Kickstart Your Writing" and "Create Power Paragraphs for Stronger Storytelling." The reason I chose to read these two articles is to help improve my writing skills in general. Writing has not always been my best suite so I would like to improve it any way that I can. 3 Simple Ways to Kickstart Your Writing  by Anthony Ehlers This article is about how to get out of that writing slump that happens every so often. Sometimes you will be sitting at your desk and just nothing will help you get a story out on paper. So this article has three useful tips to get out of that. The first useful tip given is to do what they call "Suess it up." By "Suess it up" they me that you should write a fun poem like one of the famous poems by Dr...