Belonging creative (1 Viewer)

[powlmao]

I am stuck on how to start.

Any advice, ideas, themes etc ?

 

[denny94]

we all experienced exclusion from people, or feel a great sense of belonging in our lives. You can draw from that but put a twist on characters and setting

 

[Cl324]

Rip stuff off other people. LOL
I know that seems lazy but its so much easier to find inspiration from other stories that already work and then redo it in your own way.
Our teacher gave us the SMH Short Story Competition winner to check out what good stories look like and i basically used that but changed certain elements around and focused more on belonging. She didnt notice and i ended up with a really high mark.

 

[delian]

It is more adviseable to have your own ideas. I found it really easy to remember my creative when it came to exam time.

 

[Skeptyks]

Didn't you guys finish the Belonging Creative in Term 4 last year?
Protip: Don't talk about schools.

 

[asdfqwerty]

Get something cliche, and then turn it into something not cliche.

 

[eat_well]

Start with a storyline. Just a basic idea. Create your characters, think about the setting and through that you will be able to start the skeleton of your story. When you think of your character, let them be real and let them have flaws. It took me a really long time to think of my storyline from scratch and I still don't know if it's good enough but at least I have some sort of direction.
From that, you begin writing. It doesn't have to be perfect because we all still have time till our assessments. You can alter it as many times as you want, just like an essay. The teacher is also there for your help and I'm sure they will be willing to look over your creative piece and return it back asap.

 

[Aysce]

Out of curiosity, when is our belonging story being tested? I need to start writing one up then :/ Nevertheless, creative stories are the best to write

 

[Skeptyks]

You mean in the AoS section of the HSC?

 

[Aysce]

Oh.

 

[powlmao]

My school has done the essay in aos but not creative.

Anyone want to send me there's ?

 

[SanjoyM]

My advice would be to start with a character's reflection about his life, belonging etc... BUT, DO NOT explicitly mention belonging!!
Think about how you as a character would feel in a certain situation. Now, pour all your emotions onto the paper.
If you are really stuck, then adapt the 'Stream of consciouness' style writing.

So, write whatever comes to your mind even it is does not make sense. Eventually, ideas will start flowing out. Worked for me, and now I have my belonging creative

 

[Aysce]

How long should it roughly be?

 

[SanjoyM]

Well, I would recommend 700 words, so that you have 200 words left to adapt to the question or mould your story into the question in a subtle manner
My story is about 700, and when I practiced a past hsc paper question, It was about 899 after adapting to the question. So, it helps to have 200 words that you can add later on.

 

[will_]

is this correct, in the HSC course for english, we just need to know one belonging creative that we can use for both the HSC and our school's half yearlies?

 

[michaeljennings]

It is more adviseable to have your own ideas. I found it really easy to remember my creative when it came to exam time.

+1

When you make up something by yourself, you dont even need to memorise it really.

 

[powlmao]

I understand. I am just bad at creative tasks.

 

[delian]

Oh yes, our teachers told us not to have the word 'belong' in our creative. Don't make it too explicit.

 

[FTW]

Just don't be cliche. I know how hard it is, but try to be original.