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[Sy123]

How many words for creative?

 

[Apple Sauce]

Should be aiming for about 1300 words

 

[christinew77]

around 1200 for me

 

[JT145]

I thought this was referring to the last Plath poem ahahah

 

[Amaranth_]

1200 words

 

[Sy123]

Ah great thanks for the input!

 

[strawberrye]

Considering this is for HSC English Extension One and you have one hour to write your creative in, I would say 1500-1600 words would be the optimal amount.

 

[GabbyS]

I think 1500-1600. Some modules/electives might mean you need more words. I study Crime and my creatives tend to be quite long as it's harder to put in a complex clue puzzle, etc. The word limit your teacher gives you for an assessment task would be a good indication of what is required.

 

[Mdyeow]

No more than 800 words in trials and I scored a 20 (see sig for which school's trials).

You probably need around 1000 to get some decent character development and plotting done, so around the 1000-1200 point is probably what I would recommend. Rather than aiming to word-spam you would be better off using a little of your 45 minutes to plan, maybe draw/sketch out some of your narrative points, and then get yourself into the feel of your characters and setting before you actually put pen to paper.

Most people treat this section like just another Gatling-gun essay and it's not. You need deliberation and restraint to score well here. Don't try for anything overly complex; instead, focus on evoking a distinctive mood and tone with as few words as possible. Hemingway would've killed Ext 1.

Don't focus on word count - focus on making your words count.

 

[BLIT2014]

9000 words