Creative Writing Essays

Justification Essay The essay that I have chosen to feature in my creative writing portfolio, is entitled The Ghost Rider. The Ghost Rider will always have a special place in my heart, because of the people that I have met, and the turmoil that I have survived. In 2011 I experienced the largest fears that I could have ever dreamed of. I lost my place to live in Tulsa Oklahoma. I became one of those statistics that you hear so often in the National News. During this time of my life, I was…

Creative Writing Majors write critical analyses of books, which is also something that we do in DC American Literature. These analyses could be about the novel’s theme, symbolism or figurative language the novel uses or an analysis of one of the main characters and their motives. Creative Writing Majors also continue to work their novels, short stories, and poems that could possibly be as famous as the literature we’ll read in this class one day. They also analyze and critique the work of others…

I took a creative writing course at the university of South Florida. The only reason I contemplated staying was a sexy Co-Ed I shared the textbook with. I thought to myself what could they teach me about writing. I became disinterested and decided to see what my fraternity brothers were doing instead in the land of Disney and three o’clock thunderstorm. Fast-forward ten years in the future. I decided to buckle down and become a writer – officially. I had been writing screenplays unsuccessfully…

Academic writing is done in accordance of standard rules. Creative writing is done to the extent of the author’s imagination. Both formal and creative writing are forms of writing that use voice, evidence and structure, but are very different when it comes to fundamentals. The voice in academic writing often sets the tone of where the writing is headed. The voice in academic writing is also formal in addressing the topic and readers. While the voice in creative writing tends to have common…

something you hate is beyond bothersome. Scott had given me writing assignments and I wasn’t trying that hard and winging them. I felt guilty slacking off. He was a really good music teacher and had done so much for me. The thing is I just didn’t have any inspiration. My days were all the same, just repeating the motions, life was very vanilla. I always loved writing but I never knew exactly how to. I didn’t know how writing should make you feel…

orange-grey sky with a dull orangish-red glow isn’t as beautiful as you would think. It’s yucky and ugly. Another reason I hate being out during the day is because you can’t really steal anything without being a giant red flag to the guards. Unless you’re creative enough and make a decent distraction. Right now, I’m sitting on my window sill, both my hindhooves pressing against the right side of the window frame, and both my forehooves…

night writing has taught me anything, it’s that you genuinely can’t expect your best work to be an assignment that you squeezed out in less than two days, although you can definitely try. I can try and tell myself that I will apply myself next semester, but chances are, I’ll probably do the exact same thing I did this semester. And for that, I’m really, truly, sorry. As an academic writer, my strengths lie within my passions. If the topic strikes my interest, it will probably…

Hello again, wordsmiths! Our second installment in the Creative Writing Elements series will discuss how to draw your audience into a truly capturing setting. Nearly every work of fiction and nonfiction rely on some form of setting. According to the ever-reliable Mirriam-Webster dictionary, setting is defined as "the place and conditions in which something happens or exists," or more specifically, "the time, place, and conditions in which the action of a book, movie, etc., take place,"…

Why I Hate Creative Writing Throughout my writing career I have developed a very solid process. No matter what I am writing it always follows the same pattern: outline, draft, revise. It may vary in some details, but tends to stick to this simple pattern. Having such a strict process makes creative writing nearly impossible for me. That sort of writing calls for a more flexible process order, It may go more like draft, revise, outline or other variations. I am unable to alter my process that…

1. The Virtue of Patience She taps her fingers against the armrest of her command chair, trying hard to concentrate on the task at hand, but her thoughts are insistently drifting to more pressing matters. Like the man by her side who, after everything, wants to date her. Really. Date her. What kind of a sick fuck is he? But he made it absolutely clear. He would not take her to bed again until an appropriate time had passed and he felt he knew her better. Saying they had climbed this tree…