(Un)Creative Writing ... (2 of 2)
You see, Mr K.R Putthock was none other than THE famous author.
He glared at us. Suddenly, he turned towards me.
''You! what do you think possessed that loser to write such turd?''
Everyone held their breath.
''Maybe the author writes normal stories for normal people. No big words because she doesn't care if she looks clever. Maye she isn't a pompous ass and she wants a refund, now.''
''No refund.'' He boomed.
He stomped (again!) out of the door. I picked up the paper from the floor. My essay. Uncreative, maybe but I never, never gave up on writing.
- Category: Humor / Comedy
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Frenchie about 3 years ago
Now that I re-read the two drabbles, I think I did not need to write the second one. It doesn't really add anything to the story but, since I wrote it, I will leave it. Please, don't stomp on it, though 😉😀
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Neville Hunt about 3 years ago
I needed to read it though Frenchie! Glad that the victim continued to write, but I hoped that she might deliver a bon mot or two to crush the arrogant git, and she did. Yippee! (Wish she’d got a refund though!🥴)
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Neville Hunt about 3 years ago
PS maybe the message is that creative writing courses themselves are just a load of poo?
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Neville Hunt about 3 years ago
Putthock rhymes nicely with buttock... appropriately maybe...
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Frenchie about 3 years ago
I was going to enter a Creative Writing Competition but then, I read how one of the panelists was slagging off entries, saying how lame and uncreative some writers were. Simon Cowell would have look angelic next to him, so, this is where I got my inspiration for this drabble. 🤣 Name has been changed to protect identity 😀 but yes, I did think of the rhyming.
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Neville Hunt about 3 years ago
I used to run a copywriting module which was very popular with students. I taught literally hundreds each year, some were stunningly ‘creative’, some were trie to given ‘brief’ and some were... let’s say... work in progress. But even the less creatively inclined could learn process. The Chinese students, though producing work completely inappropriate for the UK and western markets, were surprisingly creative if you chose to look beneath your acquired prejudices.
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Neville Hunt about 3 years ago
‘... true to given ‘brief’ it should have read.
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Frenchie about 3 years ago
🙂 I like to view creative writing as story telling of old. No fancy words, plenty of imagery and a tone that keeps your listeners enthralled. I have some students who think they cannot write but they have a story. I tell them to write it anyway, anyhow, the way they would tell it. It is why we have editors, to correct the writers. Poor kids are so demotivated by making sure they use the right grammar, the right word, that they forget about the fun of writing and the creativity.
