Recent content by ninoshka

The worst thing you can do is not write anything. Just write all the ideas and possibilities that come to you. Before long you'll have heaps of options to choose from. Don't be too fussy either, you can edit/reword etc later...but that should help you with getting direction. :) and dont stress...

i dont know if any of you have read works from the young writers showcase...but "who will comfort tolly" was one of the best works i've read

reversing down the driveway. heard a bang. "what was that?!!" dad; "uhh...you.... just smashed into the neighbours bins." its not my fault, everything is screwed up when its in reverse. so get off the footpath.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It focuses on the intertwining of reality with the abstract - the line between physical reality and imagination is blurred. It's perplexing at times...but its an awesome movie. :)

about 25 pages... of an art vapd thing. but i havent been journaling as much as i should! =/ mainly brainstorms. how about yours??

Best course in the HSC i think. Got my idea, just trying (unsuccessfully) to finalise plot and strengthen characters. Still being too fussy and scrapping many pages though... nevermatter, writing isn't a chore. :) Does anyone know if the NSW Writer's Centre at Roselle is worthwhile??

Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: A Memoir: - Jacki Lyden. :D

dont worry about it too much. look at it in perspective, and the ranks are more important. i got around the same mark too, pracs are bitches! lol. theres always time to improve, and physics is a damn hard course! just passing is an achievement, the concepts are so challenging. I admire those...

YES! I miss it. We bludged in year 10, but not enough. Although we did climb out of windows during art most of the time... those were the days! =/

every idea has essentially already been done, there isnt really any new ideas, its just the way you go about it, your plot and your characters. if you can make them memorable, then the story will work. A heavy workload does weigh down on you though, I dropped physics because it was always on the...

thanks alot for the advice... will do. sounds awesome. ta. good luck with ur degree too, all the best =]

I'll just post up my homework. Here are a few random points, in no particular order. Hope it helps, I think this poem is awesome for imaginative journeys. Why is it easier to lose onself in this landscape? There is no help as the persona must ultimately be their own savior, it is implied...

i was considering wollongong too... pysch via the arts degree. does anyone know if there is some kind of combined course that involves creative writing as well?

is anyone else focusing on mental illness in their short stories?? and how have you all gone about characterisation, ive found that dialogue of the mentally unstable cannot be logically verbalised... my short story focuses on mental illness; bipolar in particular - whether this mindset is the...

LOL ailan... i didnt know you were a member for that long! that post is the cutest thing awww lolol :guitar: