CREATIVE WRITING

We become CREATIVE in WRITING - 12 Maxwell

Coverage of our Learnings;

Introduction to Literary Genres Understanding Conventions of Traditional Genres

Creative writing subject an academic level is more than just an asset it is a

Our essay was nothing more than diary entries. We simply wrote about whatever was
going on in our life. But our classmate had written a mesmerizing stream-of-
consciousness piece that sounded like something out of a dream. It was poetic! we
thought, that’s what we’re supposed to be doing. We had thought its odd that we were
writing journals in class. Now it made sense! In creative writing subject, we learned to
be more creative in writing every day as part of our writing practice and as a tool to
generate raw material for poetry and story ideas. It had a huge impact on our writing
and marked a time when our work and the writing practices went through dramatic
improvements.

Writing exercises are where our technical skills saw the most progress. When we write
whatever we want, whenever we want, there are aspects of the craft that inevitably
escape us. Writing exercises and assignments forced us to think more strategically
about our writing from a technical standpoint. It wasn’t about getting our ideas onto the
page it was about setting out to achieve a specific mission with our creative writing.
Many writing exercises that we did in class imparted valuable writing concepts these
were the exercises we treasured most because they helped us see our writing from
various angles. Writing exercises also gave a host of creativity methods that we use to
this day to keep writer’s block at bay. We learned several important things. We learned
how to create settings, sensory details, how to use proper punctuation and how to take
criticism. We learned about poems and prose about William Shakespeare and Robert
frost but the most important thing we re-learned is to write what we know. This year
we’ve written a couple personal pieces and we think we did well on them all, and that’s
because we wrote about what we knew. We didn’t care if one of our classmates was
going to think it sounded dumb, or Ma’am Jackie didn’t like the plot joke. All that
mattered was that we loved what we were doing. If we had the chance to talk to some
friends about having a creative writing subject, we would encourage them to do so.
Creative Writing is an awesome class if we enjoy writing, need some writing tips or help,
or need to learn more about the actual writing process itself. If we were to re-do the
whole class, it would slightly change a few things. We save some of our creativity for
now because since it’s the end of the year our brain is slacking and writings not as good
as it once was.

In Creative Writing subject, have challenged us to think of new ways to write Sir
Alicaya has helped challenge us in several ways also. One of the most difficult things
we’ve done this year was writing seven poems about our life. In addition, we wish
someone could show the guidelines for it to be more creative in writing poems. We
know it needs to be creative but, there is punctuation. Also, when in essays there is a
way to do them even if it is opinion or informative essay. We are officially sad will never
learn how to do creative writing correctly or a tad bit good. We would like to share also
about the teaching strategies that teachers do we all know that a good teacher is patient
and recognizes in the student writer a desire to create, even if the student does not
know what, how or why. A good teacher gives names to the amorphous concepts that
the eager student might already have tried, names like figurative language, theme,
juxtaposition, intertextual links. A good teacher makes reading recommendations. A
good teacher provides a safe space in which to write and share what has been written.
A good teacher mediates between constructive and unfair criticism. A good teacher will
return even a piece which has been given a High Distinction with red or some other
color comments all over it, knowing that there is always room to learn more. We were
very lucky for most of our writing career, because we had teachers who did all these
things in their own way. Since then, we have learned how to bend and break the rules
of what we taught to other students, in order to find a stronger voice that is more
ourselves than the academic one we developed, when we were also writing essays.
There was a time when we thought having to do this meant that studying creative
writing was a waste of time, but we have recently decided that always meant to do this,
in senior high school or in grade 12 creative writing subject gives us training wheels,
and it is up to the writer to decide when, and if, to take them off.

Which brings us to another quote, this time from sir Rupert Alicaya When asked by the
student what he thought of the teaching of creative writing at senior high school level,
Alicaya who teaches writing himself replied, “I think it is very easy to do badly.” Peace.
Just like it’s easy to be a bad student, to treat the class like a cop out, it’s just as easy to
be a bad teacher. By deciding outright that most creative writing students are
untalented, and writing for the wrong reasons, a teacher is bound to be a bad one, and
make their own course a waste of time. Creative Writing, in our experience, is not
something we can ever be an expert in. We’re always learning, and sometimes our
brain gets so full that some of the basic stuff gets pushed out one ear onto the floor.
Learning the basics in a group format can be a great way of resetting, of going back to
the start and discovering new angles and approaches. The creative writing subject is a
diverse group. By thinking we are too good to research with the crowd and seeking out
a teacher who will stroke our ego and teach us the "difficult concepts" is not going to
make us a better writer. Perhaps the best lesson we gleaned from creative writing
subject was that we are in the right place at the right time. This was a feeling that came
from within, a certain surety that we are doing exactly what we meant to be doing. The
last semester that we took a creative writing subject was packed with odd coincidences
and epiphanies. We were often overwhelmed with feelings of serendipity and stopped
questioning whether we had made the right choice in pursuing creative writing for the
better writing. Creative writing helps develop our cognitive growth, organizational
abilities, and the power to influence others through persuasion. It empowers the brain
also. Students like us specially in mintal comprehensive who practice creative writing
more often are generally better in other subjects too as we can express ourselves
easily. Challenging ourselves to come up with creative thoughts and problem solve,
builds the confidence and discipline students need to succeed in all areas of life and the
reason why we are so thankful for this subject.