I have been writing and made many details so far.

I have finalized how many chapters that I would have, what kind of story I would want to tell and how I want to interpret neuroscience into this story.

The length is likely to be about 50 pages or more - but I am still writing and I also have to write explanatory part between each chapter so it is likely to be longer than I have planned.

Let’s see what Kingdom Neuro made. Potions that fairies in Kingdom Neuro made were magical. For example, Potion Grolong helped people to grow more, in a healthy way. Potion Sleepwell allowed people to have good sleep. These potions were produced in a very small amount because even with a small amount, they could do amazing works. However, these potions were usually very expensive so many people used it when there was a really big need for it and they only used infinitely small amount of the potions.

Kingdom Neuro was a small and a peaceful kingdom. The only thing that troubled the King and the Queen was the fact that they did not have a baby. The King and the Queen prayed every night, to have a cute, little and healthy baby. Their dream came true and the Queen gave a birth to a lovely princess. They named her, Aurora.

When Aurora was one week old, the King threw a big party at the palace. He invited the top seven fairies of his palace to give blessings to the princess. He made it sure to not invite the forbidden witch, the former fairy who was very intelligent with a wicked mind that was now exiled from the laboratory.

At the party, Aurora was a tiny star, who was so adorable that everyone who saw her was in a sudden emotional impulse to kiss her cheek. When everyone said hello to Aurora and gave her presents, seven fairies appeared. They were wearing colorful hats and gowns. Each of them carried a small bottle of potion. The fairy with a red hat came forward and gave her potion to the Queen and she said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Potion Sleepwell. Princess will have a good amount of sleep every night and will have peaceful days from now on and forever.”

The second fairy, who was wearing orange gown, walked toward the Princess and gave her bottle to the King and she said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Potion Grolong. Princess will grow into a fine young, beautiful woman in the future.”

The third yellow fairy came up and placed her bottle in front of the little Princess. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Wakeup. Princess will have healthy daily lives forever and will live within a peace.”

The fourth green gowned fairy came to the front and gave her bottle, shaking, to the Queen. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Eatwell. Princess will have a good and adequate appetite. She will never grow fat or too thin. She will always be balanced.”

The fifth fairy who wore blue hat walked gracefully to the front. She presented her bottle to the King and explained,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Conrelate. Princess will always have good, solid relationship with other people. She will be respected and respectful of others.”

The sixth fairy with navy hat came to the front and handed it to the Queen. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Dorphine. Princess will be in a good mood, able to handle her pain and hardships. She will definitely become a strong lady.”

The last fairy came to the front and placed her bottle in front of the baby Princess. The fairy was wearing a purple hat and a purple gown. She spoke softly to the Princess.

“This is my present to our little princess. This potion is Womanwoman. Princess will become a wonderful lady with good handle of emotion, exceptional appearance and beauty.”

After all the presents were gifted to the little, charming princess, the party started again and everyone was happy. They were happy until the witch appeared. Everything started with a big sound, “BAAAAM!” You might think of a witch appearing from cloud, holding a broomstick on her left hand; then, you got it all wrong. The noisy sound came from big doors that were broken and there stood a tall, beautiful young lady in a black gown. She had coal colored hair and her face was ice white. Her cherry-like lips seemed to be the only proof that she was a living flesh, not a dead body. She was smiling. The lady held her right arm up high. Everyone else, including the King and the Queen, was shocked and they were unable to move or speak. However, they could clearly see that the woman had something in her hand, a small bottle. Probably, the King would have wanted to order his army to seize her. Probably, a brave man would have wanted to grab the lady and ask her who she is and what she is here for. However, they could not do anything for a while – probably, it was because of the charisma of that lady. Then, the lady opened her lips,

“Long time no see, dear my lord/ I came here to celebrate the birth of our lovely princess!”

Finally, the King could open his mouth and answer,

“Why are you here? How dare you to enter this palace! What are you doing, my soldiers? God and get her and take her far, far away!”

The lady smiled again and said,

“No need for that my lord. I will leave soon anyway. Thank you for your kindness to throw a big party for me though. I am here to bless our princess. Do you remember my potion? I give it to our lovely princess so that when she reaches 16, she will preserve her beauty forever!”

The Kind and the Queen cried to the soldiers,

“Why are you, people, just standing there? Take her away!”

Finally, soldiers could move their feet but within a second, the lady in a black gown disappeared.

The ball room was still quiet for a while. Nobody dared to move or speak.

Sleepwell

- Melatonin: hormone that is secreted when there is no light - especially at night, from 9 o'Clock. melatonin does something opposite to what serotonin does but melatonin is a different version of serotonin. An aminosan goes through serotonin and changes itself to melatonin. melatonin makes people to feel drowsy and sleep. when there is light, melatonin is not secreted properly and often, people cannot have a good sleep when they have light when they sleep.

Grolong

- Growth Hormone: throughout entire life. grows bone and cartilage, help muscles to grow. increases amount of glucose. lowers amount of fat.

Wakeup

- Serotonin: increases when there is sunlight. when in a deficit, people tend to feel depressed (one of the reasons why more people feel depressed during rainy season). when stressed, more likely to be in a deficit. amount of serotonin changes with estrogen.

Eatwell

- Leptin: tells that the person is full and has good amount of energy. when people have enough amount of leptin, people have satisfied feeling and therefore do not seek for more food. More fat you have, more leptin you will have. good amount of leptin is good for health but if too much, more likely to become fat.

Conrelate

- Oxytocin: help to give birth to baby and raise baby. skinship gives rise to oxytocin. oxytocin helps people to feel satisfied, comfortable, safe and friendly. may also lower other people's stress.

Dorphine

- Endorphine: this hormone is secreted when people feel stress and pain. this is brain's natural medicine for people to feel less stress and pain. It is 100 times more powerful than morphine. it does same thing as morphine does - less pain, more feeling like flying in the air, etc.

Womanwoman

- Estrogen & Progesteron: estrogen helps the interaction between right brain and left brain so help women to do multi-task. deficit in estrogen might cause decrease in memorization skill and result in dementia. helps women to look more like women - with more curvature - and lowers the amount of pimples on face.

Although I was going to write two page of creative writing everyday, I needed four days to re-work on my plot of the Sleeping Beauty.

This is the piece that I wrote: about 3 pages

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom called Neuro. Neuro was a very small but a powerful and vibrant kingdom. It did have a large amount of natural resources. It did not have a strong military force. One thing that enabled it to become so rich was its industry – potion. There were lots of human resources and Kingdom Neuro strongly used its resources to grow its industry in making of various potions. It exported lots of potions to other countries but kept its laboratory success as secret. Nobody outside of Kingdom Neuro knew secret ingredients of potions but anyway, they loved them and Kingdom Neuro.

Let’s see what Kingdom Neuro made. Potions that fairies in Kingdom Neuro made were magical. For example, Potion Grolong helped people to grow more, in a healthy way. Potion Sleepwell allowed people to have good sleep. These potions were produced in a very small amount because even with a small amount, they could do amazing works. However, these potions were usually very expensive so many people used it when there was a really big need for it and they only used infinitely small amount of the potions.

Kingdom Neuro was a small and a peaceful kingdom. The only thing that troubled the King and the Queen was the fact that they did not have a baby. The King and the Queen prayed every night, to have a cute, little and healthy baby. Their dream came true and the Queen gave a birth to a lovely princess. They named her, Aurora.

When Aurora was one week old, the King threw a big party at the palace. He invited the top seven fairies of his palace to give blessings to the princess. He made it sure to not invite the forbidden witch, the former fairy who was very intelligent with a wicked mind that was now exiled from the laboratory.

At the party, Aurora was a tiny star, who was so adorable that everyone who saw her was in a sudden emotional impulse to kiss her cheek. When everyone said hello to Aurora and gave her presents, seven fairies appeared. They were wearing colorful hats and gowns. Each of them carried a small bottle of potion. The fairy with a red hat came forward and gave her potion to the Queen and she said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Potion Sleepwell. Princess will have a good amount of sleep every night and will have peaceful days from now on and forever.”

The second fairy, who was wearing orange gown, walked toward the Princess and gave her bottle to the King and she said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Potion Grolong. Princess will grow into a fine young, beautiful woman in the future.”

The third yellow fairy came up and placed her bottle in front of the little Princess. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is a Wakeup. Princess will have healthy daily lives forever and will live within a peace.”

The fourth green gowned fairy came to the front and gave her bottle, shaking, to the Queen. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Eatwell. Princess will have a good and adequate appetite. She will never grow fat or too thin. She will always be balanced.”

The fifth fairy who wore blue hat walked gracefully to the front. She presented her bottle to the King and explained,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Conrelate. Princess will always have good, solid relationship with other people. She will be respected and respectful of others.”

The sixth fairy with navy hat came to the front and handed it to the Queen. She said,

“This is my present to our little princess. This is Dorphine. Princess will be in a good mood, able to handle her pain and hardships. She will definitely become a strong lady.”

The last fairy came to the front and placed her bottle in front of the baby Princess. The fairy was wearing a purple hat and a purple gown. She spoke softly to the Princess.

“This is my present to our little princess. This potion is Womanwoman. Princess will become a wonderful lady with good handle of emotion, exceptional appearance and beauty.”

I will keep working on my piece of writing and by the end of this week, I will send the whole copy to Dr. Newton and ask him for comments.

In the last semester, I was writing on the perspective / narrative view of the 'witch.' However, I am now determined to write this story as usual fairy tales are told as - in a third person of view, omnipotent.

I have a small piece of writing that I have worked on in last winter, so I have to find that piece and start writing from that.

I was working on the Sleeping Beauty at that time and the basic story line is:

- fairies have magical power = science of neurotransmitters and hormones

- explanation on melatonin and serotonin

I was inspired by Haruki Murakami in the way of writing - write promisead amount daily and daily. Therefore, I will write two pages of story everyday, from Monday to Friday. I will send my weekly writing to Dr, Newton to get a check and comments from him. During my weekends, I will work on my research on fairy tales - psychology of fairy tales and folk tales.

For my Research Log, from now on, I will post my piled stories (which might be too long on here - then, I will print out and hand it in person). I will also report on my readings on fairy tales and its cultural psychology.

1. Read science - related books.

2. Read fairy tales

3. Read fairy tales - retold

4. Read other books with interesting structures or person of narratives,

To describe about those with more information,

1. I read many science books about biology, especially. I read about neuroscience (for neurotransmitter) and hormones (endocrine system). These books also include science books for children. I read those books in order to see how those books explained logics and theories for children to understand better. Children cannot read textbooks that we use in high school or college - but need a better supplement that can attract their attentions and give them motivation to dig into science.

2. I read fairy tales, especially the non-editted version of Grimm's fables. Those stories were very shocking and although the writer (or translator) said that those stories are non-editted, it is hard to know if those stories are really original stories for sure.

3. I read fairy tales retold. I read 21st century version of Snow White and Peter Pan. I read tales-retold of Don Quixote, Snow White, Cinderella, 80 Days of ~, Jack and the Bean Tree(I am not so sure about the English title) and others that were explaining concept of math, science and economics.

4. I read many books that had interesting settings

- Neuroscience Book: a strange child drags a neuroscientist into the brain and they do a brain tour.

- Math book: three children goes time traveling to Pythagora's days and try to save him through solving problems and understanding math - related theories.

- Cell: various kinds of cells pop up and teachers and a cat explain about them and discuss about them

- Novels: there was one book that had was in a chronological order, in a different sense. For example, chapter 1 is taking place in year 2008, chapter 2 in 2005, chapter 3 in 2000 and so on. I was very interesting. there was also one sotry that had three main words - that represent the world's historical event (for example, Spanish Reconquistadors) and the author told this story to resemble each event.

I spent lots of time how to write my sotry more fun and for efficient for children to enjoy and learn about neuroscience and hormone system