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Drsoccerball

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Will i get flagged in my short story if the gore is too much or if theres hidden innuendos/ double entendre's ?
 
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Would you want to risk taking meaning away from your creative with unnecessary bits?
There have been incidents where they refused to mark some- one was about assassination
 
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my tutor wrote her belonging creative on stuff such as depression, alcohol consumption - anything that was socially taboo. still managed to get 15/15 in her HSC where her creative was deemed a 'superscript' (above the exemplars) by the marking centre :haha:

then again, she's a natural at writing and SR'ed english adv lol
belonging is always depressing with the possibly that it might get positive at the end
 

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One of the main points stressed by most teachers is that your short story should be based on a genuine moment or situation because you're likely to be much more descriptive, and it could possibly resonate with a wider audience
 

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I will give you one simple piece of advice-to get the best marks for your creative, you MUST make your creative tailored to your audience-in this case, NOT your peers, but YOUR TEACHER. What this means is that fantasy materials such as zombies and all such like will be difficult for teachers to relate to-particularly considering they are generally more mature. Hence, write a story about ordinary lives-poignantly, and exploring the thematic concern of discovery extensively, and you will get a good mark. You won't be flagged, but it will be impossible to get a very high mark with this sort of subject matter. Keep it real. :)
 

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I will give you one simple piece of advice-to get the best marks for your creative, you MUST make your creative tailored to your audience-in this case, NOT your peers, but YOUR TEACHER. What this means is that fantasy materials such as zombies and all such like will be difficult for teachers to relate to-particularly considering they are generally more mature. Hence, write a story about ordinary lives-poignantly, and exploring the thematic concern of discovery extensively, and you will get a good mark. You won't be flagged, but it will be impossible to get a very high mark with this sort of subject matter. Keep it real. :)
I dont have enough passion to write a creative writing about me going to the park or catching a train...
 

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