So we have to write a creative about Identity. We did a practice, and basically I wrote about a poor migrant trying to get a job, with lots of techniques and a metaphor of water running throughout. I actually thought it was probably the best piece of writing I've done. Creative writing is generally my strong point in English: I got 85% in it last year.
Anyway, so I handed it in to my teacher and he gave it back to me on Friday. I received nothing but criticism on pretty much EVERYTHING. All the metaphors I had written were apparently "too cliched", "too overpowering/overwritten" or "too overused", even when I had come up with the metaphors all by myself and was proud of them. Other parts of my writing were "irrelevant", "not creative enough", "too literal" and "not authentic enough". Also, I spent AGES trying to come up with a name from the particular culture of a person I was writing about (Polish) , searching through all the name and surname websites etc, and he said "Try to use a more original name"!!! Well no, I used a name as original as I could get, in fact, I made the surname up, but just used the Polish -ski ending!!
Also the BIGGEST JOKE of it was, he told me to avoid FLASHBACKS, but he told us that that was what we were SUPPOSED to do when we were given the task!!
I don't know whether he is being serious about this or not. He's either being too over-critical or biased, since I did well last year. I say biased because I don't think he likes me because he can't spell and I correct him in class, hahaha.
So the question is, how the hell am I supposed to write something GOOD for my assignment, without him criticising every little thing???
Edit: Oh and also, he didn't even SEEM to pick up on the other techniques that I had used!!!!
Anyway, so I handed it in to my teacher and he gave it back to me on Friday. I received nothing but criticism on pretty much EVERYTHING. All the metaphors I had written were apparently "too cliched", "too overpowering/overwritten" or "too overused", even when I had come up with the metaphors all by myself and was proud of them. Other parts of my writing were "irrelevant", "not creative enough", "too literal" and "not authentic enough". Also, I spent AGES trying to come up with a name from the particular culture of a person I was writing about (Polish) , searching through all the name and surname websites etc, and he said "Try to use a more original name"!!! Well no, I used a name as original as I could get, in fact, I made the surname up, but just used the Polish -ski ending!!
Also the BIGGEST JOKE of it was, he told me to avoid FLASHBACKS, but he told us that that was what we were SUPPOSED to do when we were given the task!!
I don't know whether he is being serious about this or not. He's either being too over-critical or biased, since I did well last year. I say biased because I don't think he likes me because he can't spell and I correct him in class, hahaha.
So the question is, how the hell am I supposed to write something GOOD for my assignment, without him criticising every little thing???
Edit: Oh and also, he didn't even SEEM to pick up on the other techniques that I had used!!!!
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