So you are saying, if there is two ten out of ten pieces, one a creative and another an expository, then they are both equally good? Well, that logic doesn't work because we all know the standard marking is that every piece is marked from a scale of a 10, or a 100, or whatever. Both may deserve the mark of a 10/10 in the given cohort, but that does not mean both pieces are equal in quality.
No, the logical assumption is that two pieces which receive a 10/10 will generally be of the same quality.
"furthermore, why does Expository continue to be popular amongst students if it's that hard to score well in."
Because it is more accessible and perhaps because writing a good creative which links to the prompt and the ideas which it requires is just too damn difficult under one hour. Why do you think most ESL students pick Expository in the exam? Because it is relatively easy to write a decent expository, than it is to write a decent creative. And why? Because creative pieces usually need more thought, and therefore more time, and it is more demanding in the language department. Why is that so? Perhaps, in part, it is because of the culture, or the era where we live in, a time where students are more comfortable with consistent, formulaic and systemic type assessments.
Well if writing a good creative is more difficult, then you have just contradicted yourself, because it, hence, might actually be easier to write a 10/10 expository piece - according to your logic. I disagree, creative pieces do not necessarily require more thought. They require a different type of thinking, yes, but not more thought. If you want to write a good expository piece - i.e. a 10/10 piece - you would have to put much thought into that as well.
" Just because your tutor told you something doesn't mean that it's true. "
Honestly, I don't know where you are heading. If you want to go to the philosophy bit about truth and knowledge and start question your very existence, that is one thing. But from my knowledge, this is an advice thread, and we give advice as we see fit- as best and as honestly as we can. Like I have said before, I have only given a strong expression of my honest opinion.
What I'm trying to say is that we "hear" a lot of things, I can tell you that writing an expository piece is better, but that doesn't mean that what I've said is necessarily true. The direction in which I am heading is that when we say something, we should source it - especially advice - because somebody might read what you wrote and believe that what you said is true, even though it might have been possibly for you (or your tutor) to have just made it up - because you didn't provide any sources.
For controversial things such as this, it's always best to provide some sort of source - either from Assessment Reports, Assessors themselves...etc.
"In my view and according to what I've read (Assessor's Reports...etc.) you should choose the form you are most comfortable writing with."
You said it yourself, and I agree. You just answered your previous question. They are more comfortable with it, however, as a consequence, the competition is likely to be stronger to write a standout expository piece.
No, pieces are marked against all other pieces in general, not just out of their own specific type. For example, your piece might be a very good creative piece, but if there are heaps more expository pieces better than yours, you still won't get that 10/10. The sample space is all context pieces not just context pieces of your particular type - or are you lacking the mathematical understanding to comprehend the point which I am trying to make?
What you should be aiming for, however, is to write a standout piece in general, not a standout creative or standout expository piece. This is because expository pieces are compared to creative pieces during marking, they aren't separated. Furthermore, assessors give out 10/10 according to criterion, not how much you stand out, thus, you should be looking at the form with which you will write best. I have written both expository pieces and creative pieces on SACs in the past, and I have done equally well in both - so I am by no means biased towards any particular form. I just have issues with what you are advising.
ON TOPIC: Yes I know. I'm not getting sucked into expository writing or persuasive (unless it improves!) for that matter. I'm just a creative thinker. I love writing stories, and that is what I am good at. I just was wondering of ideas that could help my pieces become more creative... Like writing styles that I could use to polish off a great piece with its ideas?
My advice would be to try and analyse books which you think show good creativity and artistic writing. Also you should separate ideas and technical writing. First of all, in order to write a good creative story, you need to have good ideas. So you need to brainstorm and imagine scenarios about your context. This involves time and a lot of thinking.
In terms of technical writing, I think using concise and accurate words is important, so is using nice sentence structure. You want your essay to be easily read! But yeah, I just try to model my own writing off good authors. That's what I've done in the past and it's worked for me.
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