Creative writing - Quote stimulus (1 Viewer)

[lhbdan]

When the stimulus for a creative piece is a quote, can you change the tense/person, for example can: "I opened the door" be changed to "He opened the door" or "He opens the door"?

 

[evanstroeve]

I don't think it matters too much. Not sure though.

 

[zraza]

I wouldn't risk it. You'd lose marks for incorrect use of stimulus imo ...

 

[Riproot]

Last year the criteria said "Uses the quotation as the opening sentence" because it said to in the question and a quotation is an EXACT quotation.
They obviously did it to throw people with 3rd person responses prepared.

 

[fakermaker]

"I Opened the door!" Alex exclaimed.

no?

 

[Effekt]

It's pretty easy to start with the opening quote and then just throw it away and continue with your prepared response.

 

[Riproot]

"I Opened the door!" Alex exclaimed.

no?

Yes.

 

[Aerath]

When the stimulus for a creative piece is a quote, can you change the tense/person, for example can: "I opened the door" be changed to "He opened the door" or "He opens the door"?

Yes, that's perfectly fine.