Category: Creative writing

The final essay is a response to A Good Man is Hard to Find.  In the old days this is how argument was most often taught.  Students would read literature and make an argument about some element of the creative work.  This is what I want you to do.  This will involve some opinion you hold about the story.  But you opinion must be backed up by the text itself.
However, that doesn’t mean no research.  You can provide voices that agree with you, expert voices.  Not peers or non-experts of literature. I want you to find one academic book are article at the library.  Seek journals.  I want 3 sources minimum. 
Now, there are aspect of this story that you might be able to interview some one local.  Not a peer.  But as you read the story, and you see some aspect, ask me about who you might interview for that aspect. 
As before, the essay must be written in third person.  Always.  It must be 1800 words minimum.  It must be in MLA form and MLA documentation.  You need a debatable argumentative thesis.  Nothing has changed from the other essays in terms of what I expect.

Please assemble FIVE pieces of writing from this class and arrange them in a portfolio with a TITLE that refers to the entire grouping. TWO of the pieces must present (1) the original draft you submitted; (2) a self-evaluation of the draft and how you would revise it to improve it; (3) the final revision of the draft. Follow the guidelines here for your revision process https://www.gvsu.edu/cms4/asset/CC3BFEEB-C364-E1A1-A5390F221AC0FD2D/creative_writing_revision_strategies_gg_final.pdfLinks to an external site.
Please include a PREFACE that explains why you chose the pieces you did (50 words minimum). Please also include an AFTERWORD describing what this semester of creative writing did for you, what it meant to you, and what you hope to carry forward. (50 words minimum). 
Please submit the portfolio on the due date indicated here.
CREATIVE WRITING: FINAL PORTFOLIO
(1) Title Page
(2) Preface 
(3) FIVE  pieces you wrote for the class
(4) TWO of these five pieces you wrote for the class must include: (i) the original draft; (ii) a self-evaluation on revision possibilities, and what you might you might change in a second iteration; (iii) and a revised draft .
(5) Afterword
Also create two rough drafts for two of the provided links below …

Write a 2-page Seapunk fiction story. 
Copy and paste your writing into the discussion text box.
You have all you need to inspire you in the assigned sources and your imagination.
Sources for seapunk:
How Seapunk Went From Meme to Mainstream (Article & Video)
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11120546/seapunk-meme-rihannaLinks to an external site.
Seapunk: scenester in-joke or underground art movement? (Whatever it is, seapunk is the ridiculous meme that’s now gone pop)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/14/seapunk-has-now-gone-popLinks to an external site.
Seapunk: Know Your Meme
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/seapunkLinks to an external site.
Seapunk (Wikipedia)  Links to an external site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeapunkLinks to an external site.
Seapunk Images
(Click Here for Google Search Results)Links to an external site.
Secret Underwater Seapunk Source (ask ChatGPT to translate this source if you want to read it).
https://www.agoravox.it/Oceani-e-la-conquista-del-mondo.htmlLinks to an external site.

Compare the character of the Young Woman in Machinal to one character from Triffles by analyzing their similarities and differences. Also, write your personal thoughts on how Machinal’s messages might still be relevant for today’s audiences as well as for yourself.

Please paraphrase the paper in the attached doc, and make it to a full 3 page paper. The instruction for this paper is:
write a 3 pages paper for the play you watched at school, called “Little Shop of Horror”
Specific steps for writing a performance review:
1. Summarize the play (briefly) and your initial response to it. What is its context, starting point, and aims?
2. Find two specific elements that struck you and analyze how those two elements were represented. How did the message come across: specific lines, actions, technical means (lighting, sound effects, music, props, etc.? Were there any significant actions or gestures that contributed to the play’s meaning?
3. Utilize the concepts and terminologies that we learned throughout this semester. You can also make a comparison in terms of plot, characters, language, genres, and styles between the performance and any plays) that we have read for class.
4. Describe audience composition in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, age, full house or not. What was the audience’s response to the performance? Did you sense approval, disapproval, or some other response?
On what basis and at what specific points) in the performance did you sense this?
5. Conclude with a reflection on if and how this performance changed the way you view theater.