Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhere? (1 Viewer)

[nic32421]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

i wrote the story i planned based on the 2006 creative question..... an old man telling a 'hypnotic' kind of life story with lots of bogus science fiction... :S
hopefully they dont notice the rewording of 'he used his words like an old mans hands to pick the lock of his past'
lol
one down, six to go!!

 

[Username(8)]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

I just wrote my prepared story and kinda ignored the question I just said it was the 3rd option, but it didn't really fit it
Do you think the markers will mind?

 

[morganforrest]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

Probably....they're not a huge fan of prepared generic essays...they like to see some link to the quote...even if it is only slipping the quote in.

As long as you slot it in nicely and it seems to flow through I think that's sufficient, but if there was really no contact at all with the question I'd say they'll mark u down

 

[roosterman57]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

Probably....they're not a huge fan of prepared generic essays...they like to see some link to the quote...even if it is only slipping the quote in.

As long as you slot it in nicely and it seems to flow through I think that's sufficient, but if there was really no contact at all with the question I'd say they'll mark u down

what about starting the piece of writing off with the quote?

Thats the only time i reffered to it.

Im hoping the fact that i wrote a newpaper article rather than a short story like most will make up for not making the quote the central idea.

Other than that the piece of writing was pretty good i thought.

 

[Cythen]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

I think we can all agree the quotations were generally shithouse.

My story was inspired by some messed up dream I had hours before the exam.

It takes place within the dreams of a guy dying from cancer. Every night, he dreams he's in this hunt/game with a grim spectre and they compete for the "gleaming fragments" of his memories. If he loses, the cancer consumes more of his memories and if he wins, he fights it off for a little while longer. Some nights he wins, some nights he loses - this isn't his night.

I kind of both slipped it in and used it as a central idea. The piece is all about the "gleaming fragments" but I only mention it explicitly twice, once at the beginning and once when he's running towards it. All other times, it's quickly refered to as "his memories".

Overall I think it went alright, but I think it's strongly flawed.

 

[jayadore]

I used the mosaic option as the catalyst to my "journey".
I quoted it at the beginning too. The fragments were in fact shards of glass this guy had smashed in his face as he was drink driving. The story is basically how he fights to wake up from the coma he's in with conversations and scenes of the "outside" world (i.e. the world which he eventually wakes up to) fitted into the story.

Argh. I just hope I get marks for using interesting vocab and lots of english techniques.

 

[samuel slack]

I used the mosaic of gleaming fragments as a mirror, which a kid breaks. It belongs to an old lady, and reminds her of important times in her life. Extremely cliche, I know, but I hope its written well enough to get some good marks.

 

[Elke-Lee]

i done both, sort of intergrated the first quote "everywhere he goes people chat to him" into a story about a man who spends his life travelling the world by himself.. because hes constantly in new enviornments and around complete strangers he's become very charismatic, friendly and good at meeting people and 'everywhere he goes people can't help but chat to him.' eventually it becomes reflective of how even though he has thousands of friends he doesnt have any CLOSE ones because he's always moving around, and that he's become so used to this lifestyle that, while other people would be totally out of their comfort zones not having a home and travelling around and having to talk to strangers and whatever, he wouldn't feel comfortable hanging with the same people every day, and staying in the one place and seeing the same things every day. haha. even that lame desc makes it sound better than it actually was. this was the last section i did, and reading the other two options made me zone out... mosaic? fragments? passports? argh.

 

[Ry]

I used the third quote. I used the shattered mirror as a metaphor for a person's life (in this case a woman's) and as she looked at the various fragments, she saw different reflections of items around the room. Each one leading to an imaginative journey, each having their own different experiences in the journey. and to top it all off i wrote it in a semi-post modern style.

I'm quietly proud lol. never have i written such crap.

 

[jeskaa]

i was a dancer whos dad was in the army. she was sobbing abot how bad she was- not really a link to physical journeys except for the dance- i didnt prepare shit.

 

[shortgeekfreak]

I used the third quote, my story was about a girl talking to her grandfather who has alzhimers (they say write what you know) and I managed to fit in this whole mosac motif/metaphore thing. It was the same story I'd wrote in trials but with a slightly diferent focus and a real integration of the quote so I *think* I'll be ok.

 

[ballyy]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

my prepared story was about a guy living in russia in 1989 who decides he's sick of the political climate so moves to america. thankfully that passport quote was there otherwise i'd have been stuffed. but i kind of made it out to be like the socialists at that time were ruining the country and the amercan liberal-progressive type of idea was one of empathy towards fellow citizens. hopefully it worked.

 

[eff.you.see.kay]

i totally forgot to use the quotes. i started writing it in my first sentence, then i crossed it out, then i forgot to write it again. im fucked right?

 

[emoslitorist]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

hopefully they dont notice the rewording of 'he used his words like an old mans hands to pick the lock of his past'
lol

LOL

I used the mosaic one and it was central to my story, I guess, because it focused on the journey's effect on the relationship of the boy and the girl, who fitted together other like a "mosaic". I began the story and ended the story with the quote.

 

[Scorch]

Re: Section 2 - Who used quote as central idea, who just slotted the quote in somewhe

I did the mosaic quote, I began and ended the story with it. It was about a guy in a Roman prison, who is about to be executed. Throughout the story he is very indignant and it looks as though he is the good guy, in a sense. As he took the final journey to his execution, he reflected on his memories. It turned out in the end he was some evil dictator.

 

[Farscape]

I used the 'mosaic' quote and I used it as the central idea and I slipped it in at the ened as a quote Mine was an inner journey how he realised something like a mosaic can mean so little to him but when he actually went out in to the world he realised that it can mean so much more to someone else and made an inner journey to do the right thing at the end.

 

[SSejychan]

ah man.. mine was so retarded... i used the mosaic one, but.. i don't think i integrated it well...

like, my story basically went: It starts off in first person, with this old lady sitting in this run-down shack, watching the light bounce off the fragments of a broken mirror. And, she's thinking to herself, how she's finally let go of her inner demons, and can live a peaceful life. Then, i use flashbacks, and go into 3rd person. I highlight parts of her childhood: birth - she's born really disfigured. Oh yeah.. i used her disfigurement as the basis for all the prejudice she receives, and how she never likes looking into a mirror - it haunts her-, coz she sees herself, and she's constantly fighting her inner demons over her self-worth... and, it goes through baby, childhood, teenager (and, this is like, in a really rural, ancient place). And, the adulthood where she finally snaps and runs away into the forest and lives with the animals... (LOL, lame, i know).... and, then she's been living like that until she's an old lady... and, now she feels inner peace, and she decides to go back to her town/village (i hadn't really specified), and she goes back to her old home, to her mirror, and then coz she's free of her past demons, she's able to finally look into the mirror, and finally break it, thus symbolising the her completion of her journey....

(sorry for the lack of paragraphing, but that's always been my weakness in English, lol)

yeah.................... i had NO previous writing plans.... i had NO idea of what i was doing.... i didn't integrate the quote.... and, she didn't really even go on a journey at all...

english ftl. :burn:

but, i'm surprised at the number of people who simply slotten the quote randomly in, lol... at least i'm not alone...

 

[Ellzz]

I was panicky when i read the quotes at first.
BUt thank God 4 the mosiac one!
It actually went well with the structure of my story i.e. gleaming fragments = flashbacks.
I managed to integrate the quote into it too
aww i hope i do well! (duh..)
good luck to the rest of u too!!