Any advice on Creative writing, how I can improve?

navyblue

Hey! I have a test coming up and it will either be creative or discursive writing.

Creative is my biggest weakness and I struggle with "telling" and not showing really badly, does anyone have any advice on how I can improve?

MrMcAlpin

navyblue

Limit dialogue. Rely on description.

Personify nature and objects and use them to describe eg the gigantic door greeted me ....the wind was a powerful voice

Try and use a story that can be discursive and can be changed to persuasive, imaginary etc

Hope_Lasts

navyblue

I agree with MrMcAlpin, To enhance your skills in creative or other writing, you can perhaps create sample creative writings & get a teacher or tutor to check it out and receive feedback to improve your essays. Use the teacher to your advantage because it can change your marks (I always hand in multiple sample essays before exams/assessments tasks to get them marked/checked for mistakes or improvements).

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miss-p

navyblue

Hello! I hope this advice isn't too late!

Have a character with an obstructed desire.
Employ sensory / auditory imagery
Keep your audience in mind
Use a variety of language features to enhance your writing - i.e similes, metaphors, repetition
Writing should sound like music. Vary the length of your sentences.
Ground it in the real aka reference the real world; a bird chirping, clouds, the whistle of a kettle or the wind
If you use dialogue, make sure that it is meaningful and lends itself to the story in some way.

thetestdude

I think @MrMcAlpin would be able to give you some great advice on this matter.

navyblue

MrMcAlpin thank you ! 🙂 this was great advice, i appreciate it!!

Hope_Lasts

navyblue

You can share the drafts here so tutors like @miss-p or MrMcAlpin can check it out and give feedback. I hope you have done couple drafts and showed your teachers.

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navyblue

Hope_Lasts thank you! <3 I'll start to make drafts and show my teacher, I really hope I'm able to improve before my exam!!

navyblue

Hope_Lasts thank u!!! i have been showing drafts and i've been finding it easier to show and not tell so hopefully that's a good sign !! thank you so much 😁

navyblue

miss-p Hi! Thank you so much, this wasn't too late (my exam is next week) 🙂
This is so helpful and i really appreciate it! Thank you!!! 😃

Hope_Lasts

@navyblue Hope your Creative Writing essays are improving. The advices given by MrMcAlpin & miss-p are very useful, it also help. Get drafting till you feel comfortable with your work, you'll ace this Creative Writing Task.

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MrMcAlpin

Keep it to a brief moment in time . Be there and savour the moment

personify objects Eg the door greeted them , the gate growled behind them

use pathetic fallacy. Eg the angry river suddenly eased and appear to be smiling at them through its shimmering glow

I concur with everything above and particularly the section

regarding using sensory perception

no more than three characters

First person is more subjective third person for more objectivity

be careful with tense . It’s very easy to change tense. Eg as they entered the room he jumps .... ( should be jumped )

finally read what is said above . It mirrors what I was intending to say .

navyblue

MrMcAlpin Thank you so much! This is really helpful, I really appreciate it! 😁

navyblue

Hope_Lasts Thank you so much!!! 🙂)) I have definitely improved and my test occurred last week, I hope I aced it! Thank you <333 Giphy - Love You GIF by DigiByte Memes