Creative Writing
November 17, 2008 at 9:56 pm (Goal, School) (barrier, creative writing, english, essay, how to)
This is by far my most weakest category when it comes to English writing tasks. I mean, sheesh, I can structure an essay well – just:
- Introduce the points and your argument
- Expand on your points of argument in paragraphs
- Have paragraphs introduced, expanded, explained and related thoroughly
- Conclude, summarising points and bringing up no new points
Well, isn’t creative writing the same? Specifically, short stories, and even some poems, have a similar structure, don’t they? You have to introduce your characters/setting, then put them through some sort of hell, resolve the story and it’s done for. In fact, why should anyone find creative writing harder than essay writing if you can manipulate it however you like (depending on the task), present it however you like and put in it whatever you like?
This is enough, I will conquer this creative writing block – this barrier preventing my advance in English, of sorts.
Goal: Conquer the hole in my English ability… CREATIVE WRITING!
Jess said,
November 18, 2008 at 7:26 am
I so agree — I find creative writing hard, too. It feels like it relies too much on chance, because sometimes I get a good idea, which means I can write furiously and ace it… but sometimes, a good idea doesn’t come to me, and then I’ll sit there thinking for a while, feeling worried, then write something silly and feel disappointed….
I have no problem structuring my creative writing though, but what you say I’m sure about essays certainly applies
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chaaruzu said,
November 18, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I noticed that already and hoped that no-one else would xD I was just too lazy to make up all new tags for every single post I have made already…
Jess said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:34 pm
You don’t need to, just put the comments back in
Won’t take long ..
chaaruzu said,
November 19, 2008 at 9:44 pm
You’re right, tags all fixed xD Thanks for pushing me into doing it, Jess!
I just need to be pushed into doing my homework now, because that procrastination tag is looking pretty huge!