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faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
MisterNeo:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:02:26 pm ---totally forgot how hard it is to write a creative, since i tried to do it so many times without success, and out of stress, i ended up not preparing one before trials (never ever do that, a very dumb decision). i've spent a whole day trying to write it, with a very detailed plan of what i'm going to write about but i'm unable to bring myself to actually write the story and i feel like i keep writing about the events as they happened, so i'm telling the story, not showing the story. i'm far from a good writer, and can't drag out the events as in a journal entry, because it happens over a short period of time and i just ughhhhhhhhhhhh
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I was also in this position when I had to prepare a creative at the beginning of the year. I found it it easier to write from personal experience because you already have that analysis of the character - you.
Just keep practising and you'll get there! :)
All the best ;D
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: MisterNeo on August 26, 2017, 09:14:21 pm ---I was also in this position when I had to prepare a creative at the beginning of the year. I found it it easier to write from personal experience because you already have that analysis of the character - you.
Just keep practising and you'll get there! :)
All the best ;D
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i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.
let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!
Natasha.97:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:31:15 pm ---i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.
let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!
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me for every single essay I've had to write in the past I always have the "I'll get started on this early!" mindset, then leave pretty much all of it to the last day (and even last few hours!)
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: 13cheungjn1 on August 26, 2017, 09:35:42 pm ---me for every single essay I've had to write in the past I always have the "I'll get started on this early!" mindset, then leave pretty much all of it to the last day (and even last few hours!)
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sameeeeeeee. i'm the biggest procrastinator with essays (coming from someone who has 4/5 writing-based subjects? kinda crap), and i always leave them until it's far too late. last night, i told myself to do a modern essay, and finish it early, so i could complete business short answers. pretty sure i was deluding myself, because i started the essay at 8.30, and finished at 12.30. didn't do anything else that night.
K888:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:31:15 pm ---i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.
let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!
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When I typed essays, I found it hard to start at the start and work fully through from start to finish. So I'd write my topic sentences, then do a bit of paragraph 1, then maybe some of 3, etc, etc. until all was finally finished :P And I find that I do this to a degree at uni still!
I found it much easier to handwrite, personally - it let the creative juices flow better, I guess haha. I found that when we transitioned into writing essays in class for SACs, I started getting so much better at refining things and writing quickly and concisely - I guess, I always subconsciously knew my direction when I was writing? So maybe, if you're really struggling, try to handwrite? Even if you end up scribbling out heaps of stuff, it doesn't have to be super neat :)
Plus, if you've got writer's block - don't be afraid to delete some sentences and start again!
Hope it all works out for you, fantasticbeasts! Let us know how it goes :D
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