Comments on: When did creative writing get so … creative? http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/ The adventures of a small Tipperary primate in Massachusetts Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bostonlemur http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-52 bostonlemur Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:59:23 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-52 Audrey: LOL! "Where have all the flowers gone ..." that's deep, man. ;) Thankfully I got transferred to another class and don't have to do any poetry, just short stories. Yay! Aruba, eh? Class! God, didn't know you'd gone! I'm just in my bubble of Bostonness. Are you all tanned? Audrey: LOL! “Where have all the flowers gone …” that’s deep, man. ;) Thankfully I got transferred to another class and don’t have to do any poetry, just short stories. Yay!

Aruba, eh? Class! God, didn’t know you’d gone! I’m just in my bubble of Bostonness. Are you all tanned?

]]> By: audidoodee http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-51 audidoodee Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:41:49 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-51 I totally feel you on the poetry thing. I never quite got it. Although I did write a poem in primary school and the teacher thoght it was so good she did it out in nice writing and stuck it on he wall. I feel guitly even now cos my dad basically wrote it and stole a few lines from a cheesey song...something like "where are all the flowers gone"...I'm going to hell. Mrs. Murphy, please forgive me!!!!! Anyhoo, glad to hear you're enjoying yourself. Got back from Aruba today, long meandering blog in the works. There will be much bemoaning of flying though. Really, it's just not natural!!! I totally feel you on the poetry thing. I never quite got it. Although I did write a poem in primary school and the teacher thoght it was so good she did it out in nice writing and stuck it on he wall. I feel guitly even now cos my dad basically wrote it and stole a few lines from a cheesey song…something like “where are all the flowers gone”…I’m going to hell. Mrs. Murphy, please forgive me!!!!!

Anyhoo, glad to hear you’re enjoying yourself. Got back from Aruba today, long meandering blog in the works. There will be much bemoaning of flying though. Really, it’s just not natural!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-46 Anonymous Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:51:40 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-46 I shall do my best. ;) Accommodation isn't confirmed yet. They have to place all the full-time students first and if there's anything left over, then we can have it. Probably won't be told until the 26th though. Which kinda sucks, seeing as induction week starts before then. They can put us up in a hotel though temporarily, depending on availability. Cross your fingers for me, I reeeally want to live on campus! I shall do my best. ;) Accommodation isn’t confirmed yet. They have to place all the full-time students first and if there’s anything left over, then we can have it. Probably won’t be told until the 26th though. Which kinda sucks, seeing as induction week starts before then. They can put us up in a hotel though temporarily, depending on availability. Cross your fingers for me, I reeeally want to live on campus!

]]> By: bostonlemur http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-45 bostonlemur Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:01:49 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-45 Class! Do you know where you're living? I am so coming over to visit in January. Get astonishingly drunk with Craig. Class! Do you know where you’re living? I am so coming over to visit in January. Get astonishingly drunk with Craig.

]]> By: Cerulean http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-44 Cerulean Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:28:06 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-44 Just booked the flight, we're heading over on the 21st! Cardiff baby! Woooooo! Craig has already texted me suggesting we meet up for a serious drinking session, lol! As for subjects, I actually don't know yet. I may have to enrol when I get over there. Depends. Can't believe I've only got another week and a half before I go! I feel slightly giddy... Just booked the flight, we’re heading over on the 21st! Cardiff baby! Woooooo! Craig has already texted me suggesting we meet up for a serious drinking session, lol! As for subjects, I actually don’t know yet. I may have to enrol when I get over there. Depends. Can’t believe I’ve only got another week and a half before I go! I feel slightly giddy…

]]> By: bostonlemur http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-43 bostonlemur Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:31:25 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-43 Andrea: Yes, flowers are nice. Thanks for the encouragement! Though it's not just fear of failure - it's lack of interest. I don't enjoy writing poems the way I do fiction. I find them kind of stifling. I don't like having to worry about rhyme or breaks in lines or metre. (Meter? Oh, I just don't know anymore ...) And anything 'poetic' I can come up with is so pretentious it even makes ME cringe. ;) I'm also doing Feature Writing, btw. Yeah, I like the wide choice of classes. When are you off? What subjects are you doing? Sinead: Yeah, I know ... silly me! Apparently though all the teachers interpret 'creative writing' differently - some focus more on fiction, some do theatre writing etc. So I've emailed the other teachers to see if I can get a transfer. If not ... I'll probably be lying on the couch in vacant and in pensive mood a lot. ;) Andrea: Yes, flowers are nice. Thanks for the encouragement! Though it’s not just fear of failure – it’s lack of interest. I don’t enjoy writing poems the way I do fiction. I find them kind of stifling. I don’t like having to worry about rhyme or breaks in lines or metre. (Meter? Oh, I just don’t know anymore …) And anything ‘poetic’ I can come up with is so pretentious it even makes ME cringe. ;) I’m also doing Feature Writing, btw. Yeah, I like the wide choice of classes. When are you off? What subjects are you doing?

Sinead: Yeah, I know … silly me! Apparently though all the teachers interpret ‘creative writing’ differently – some focus more on fiction, some do theatre writing etc. So I’ve emailed the other teachers to see if I can get a transfer. If not … I’ll probably be lying on the couch in vacant and in pensive mood a lot. ;)

]]> By: Mavis http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-42 Mavis Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:11:30 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-42 Hmmmm... gotta remember to read the fine print on the class outline! Agree with C. And at least your poems will have correct spelling in them so you're on the high moral ground straight away! Now if I could only have made that rhyme you might be more confident in the genes you have!!! Hmmmm… gotta remember to read the fine print on the class outline!
Agree with C. And at least your poems will have correct spelling in them so you’re on the high moral ground straight away! Now if I could only have made that rhyme you might be more confident in the genes you have!!!

]]> By: Cerulean http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-41 Cerulean Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:34:34 +0000 http://bostonlemur.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/when-did-creative-writing-get-so-creative/#comment-41 About the poetry thing, time to get down with your emo side, dude! Dig deep into that angst! But really though, how do you know you're not Derek Mahon until you've given it a go? You say yourself you've never really written any poetry, so who knows? You may surprise yourself. And even if it's totally lame, chances are everyone else's will be equally as bad so I wouldn't be intimidated. Either way, the stuff you wrote in your teens is bound to be way different to what you'd come up with now. And it doesn't have to be deep or personal, if you're worried about it being scrutinised in class. You can write about, I dunno, flowers and how pretty they are. Everyone likes flowers. ;) How many classes are you taking, btw? Psychology, Reading Shakespeare, Creative Writing, they all sound so cool... About the poetry thing, time to get down with your emo side, dude! Dig deep into that angst! But really though, how do you know you’re not Derek Mahon until you’ve given it a go? You say yourself you’ve never really written any poetry, so who knows? You may surprise yourself. And even if it’s totally lame, chances are everyone else’s will be equally as bad so I wouldn’t be intimidated. Either way, the stuff you wrote in your teens is bound to be way different to what you’d come up with now. And it doesn’t have to be deep or personal, if you’re worried about it being scrutinised in class. You can write about, I dunno, flowers and how pretty they are. Everyone likes flowers. ;)

How many classes are you taking, btw? Psychology, Reading Shakespeare, Creative Writing, they all sound so cool…

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