In retrospect, I should have done this differently.
My intention for my analysis of A Midsummer Night's Dream was to complete it and post it all in one big post. I think that was a bad idea for two reasons: 1) it was a little too much to chew, and think that it would be all ready to go by last Friday, and 2) it would have, in some ways, defeated the usefulness of the blog format. I have been working to illustrate some of my ideas with the play, but it has been more time consuming than I had expected and I have had some frustration with the effectiveness of my approach (I will discuss this later). On top of that, I now think that using the blogging platform to my advantage would have been the best way to go. Blogs are iterative—they allow you to write and formulate ideas and analyses, then update and change them as you work. We were told to blog our process, but I guess I didn't fully understand what that meant or how to do it. I think I do now.
In somewhat of a penitent attitude, I have decided to complete my assignment in iterations. The vast majority of these will be completed and posted today, with some other additions coming throughout the week as follow-ups to today's posts. By doing things this way, I hope to take better advantage of my blog and use it as a way to develop my thoughts rather than simply present them. I hope, too, that I can make better use of feedback and comments to further develop my ideas. Thus, three days late, so begins my analysis.
