Prepare a loose plot outline that is flexible enough to be adapted to the question.
Use a plot/character/setting then alter it to suit your stimulus. This is because it shows that you understand what you have studied but are also able to take an original approach.
- Characters: The Romantic Hero
- Setting: use settings from the Romantic texts you have studied as inspiration for your own creative writing.
Engage with the paradigms:
When preparing for the exam make sure your creative piece engages with the Romantic genre as defined in the syllabus: "imagination, individualism and idealism". Romanticism is typified by the search for meaning through representations of the individual’s relationship with the natural world, and wider social and political contexts. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. "
Constructing your creative piece around one of these ideals will prove to the examiners that you understand the ideas of the Romantic period (instead of just writing in the style).
Make sure you use language techniques:
One reason people struggle so much in the creative writing section is because we generally focus on plot. Writing practice creatives not only helps with plot-lines but with the stylistic skills needed to achieve higher marks in this section.
Read the question carefully:
Having your prepared plot outline at hand is enormously helpful. Try to work in some elements of whatever you have prepared, but be willing to adapt it to the question. Remember to refer to the stimulus a few times within your creative. Anyone can memorize a story. Connect it.
Don't write blind:
Before writing your piece, you should draft out three (or more) dot points about where the story/script/letter is heading.
Use a plot/character/setting then alter it to suit your stimulus. This is because it shows that you understand what you have studied but are also able to take an original approach.
- Characters: The Romantic Hero
- Setting: use settings from the Romantic texts you have studied as inspiration for your own creative writing.
Engage with the paradigms:
When preparing for the exam make sure your creative piece engages with the Romantic genre as defined in the syllabus: "imagination, individualism and idealism". Romanticism is typified by the search for meaning through representations of the individual’s relationship with the natural world, and wider social and political contexts. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. "
Constructing your creative piece around one of these ideals will prove to the examiners that you understand the ideas of the Romantic period (instead of just writing in the style).
Make sure you use language techniques:
One reason people struggle so much in the creative writing section is because we generally focus on plot. Writing practice creatives not only helps with plot-lines but with the stylistic skills needed to achieve higher marks in this section.
Read the question carefully:
Having your prepared plot outline at hand is enormously helpful. Try to work in some elements of whatever you have prepared, but be willing to adapt it to the question. Remember to refer to the stimulus a few times within your creative. Anyone can memorize a story. Connect it.
Don't write blind:
Before writing your piece, you should draft out three (or more) dot points about where the story/script/letter is heading.
Fun Links!
Because getting awesome marks really is fun, these are just some helpful sites with how to approach the creative writing section: English Extension One is a really helpful site, particularly the "some approaches to creative writing" page. This page on the The Romantic Hero will help with your character development.