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Hey guys,
Doing a practise piece for adv. english creative writing. Any ideas?!?!?
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Write something you had experience with/can relate to
 
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Coookies said:
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yeah...but there are too many things to stay away from...
e.g school popularity, drugs, suicide, orphan story etc
cant really thing of anything creative and out of this world if i use a personal experience lol
 
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How about a man who went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant and now he feels he doesn't belong because there's no restaurant.
 
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Coookies said:
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These often end up being the best if you can put a twist on them. Also you need to imagine you are the main protagonist-- place yourself in their shoes and show rather than tell. Use of metaphors and similes can sometimes help!

There is a great guide out there on creative writing in one of the older forums (2009.. I think)- my suggestion would be to conduct a search and try to find it.


Also, with that in mind trying writing in different creative styles. The traditional form of a narrative may be limiting your abilities.
 
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I have heaps of problems with creative writing as well!! I finally ended up with a story I'm satisfied with because I tried to make a setting first rather than an actual storyline. I then created a character (which took a lot of thinking) that was actually realistic and did have issues with belonging. I avoided the cliches by making these two elements completely different from what I know others would have written.

I'm not too good at creative writing but that's the most I can do to help. It worked for me so hopefully, you will have the same luck.
 
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Write a story about writing a story for Belonging.
 
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Write about how a relationship develops with two people in a small setting. E.g. a girl who leaves the country-side to live in the city comes back acting differently
--> their relationship falls apart. Okay, that is completely cliche but it's how you write that determines how the story will flow. Like, you make ordinary objects/ideas seem more extraordinary than they actually are.
 
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such_such said:
Write about how a relationship develops with two people in a small setting. E.g. a girl who leaves the country-side to live in the city comes back acting differently
--> their relationship falls apart. Okay, that is completely cliche but it's how you write that determines how the story will flow. Like, you make ordinary objects/ideas seem more extraordinary than they actually are.
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Cliched. Yes, you can make a cliched story excellent through your expression and writing, but it's a lot easier to start off with an interesting, engaging, non-cliched idea in the first place.
 
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