Creative writing: prepare one or wing it (1 Viewer)

notthedevil

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Hey guys, I just got my creative writing assessment back for English, and I got 17/20. It was the best creative I've ever written, so I wanna be happy with my efforts. However, I prepared for this about 4 weeks in advance just trying to get my story right, and I only improved by one mark (I usually get 16/20). And as marks came out, there were kids in English Standard who didn't hand in a draft and made their story up on the day, and got 19-20/20. I'm starting to doubt whether I'm actually doing the right thing by doing a lot of preparation for creative writing, and I'm starting to think that spontaneity and making it up on the day is a better idea. What do you guys do?
 

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Prepare because it's really hard to make up a good plot, characters, discovery and key descriptions in 40 minutes
 

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Yeah definitely prepare one, and keep giving your drafts to your teacher for feedback until you're both confident it's a solid 19 or 20/20 or whatever its getting marked out of
 

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Prepare. Use the 'Prepare Cycle' >>
1. Make a draft piece
2. Hand in to teacher
3. Get roasted by teacher
4. Use roast for betterment
5. Repeat steps 2-4 until no roasts given by teacher
6. Try 'molding' piece to a range of stimuli from past papers and google images
7. Get 20/20

if only it were that easy :cry:
 
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And as marks came out, there were kids in English Standard who didn't hand in a draft and made their story up on the day, and got 19-20/20.
Those are usually one off sorta things, it’s extremely difficult to make up a band 6 creative writing on the spot in the time limit given, especially under pressure (exam conditions) You’re better off trying to perfect this 17/20 creative you’ve received and use it throughout your hsc year, improving upon it every single time leading up to the actual hsc exams.
 

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