Category Archives: Undergraduate Creative Writing

Ask 10 random questions and write something around the answers

Posted on February 21, 2010 by

Ask ten questions about the person next to you and with the answers write something. The questions used were: What’s your favourite smell? What annoys you? If you were to get a tattoo, what would it be of? What’s the … Continue reading →

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Various attempts at self-description in the third person

Posted on February 21, 2010 by

Look in the mirror and describe self in third person. 100 words. Dressed in yesterday’s clothes, it is after eight in the evening when she drags herself towards a mirror: the first thing she does after letting her leather jacket … Continue reading →

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Carry A Poem

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

Of my favourite poems, the only one that I really carry around with me often, is W. H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’. I think the last part is beautiful.  When I was younger I had a habit of scribbling down favourite … Continue reading →

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Haiku

Posted on February 16, 2010 by

The flower was red Its petals fall to the ground The flower is dead

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Bus Journeys

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

Seven thirty in the morning and on my way to a lecture. Should I, a student, even know that this time exists? As I walk along my home street I pull my scarf closer around my neck to stop the … Continue reading →

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Sun Trap (room/window/street)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

So, the walls are bright green. An electric green, maybe? Gives everything this GLOW, which can be sickly, calming, vibrant – depends how you want to look at it really – but it looks great to me. The carpet’s got … Continue reading →

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‘Girl’

Posted on February 13, 2010 by

The most important thing in life is to achieve, Impose high standards for yourself, When life gets difficult, you cant get up and leave. A problem is merely an answer in disguise, You’ll never get anywhere if you don’t want … Continue reading →

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Bedroom/View/Garden

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

At a glance, the bedroom is  a mix of genders, interests, passions – it is a difference of identities. Identities that spark off each other, clash at times, but bond nevertheless. These identities have imprinted themselves on the blank walls, … Continue reading →

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Girl

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

Be quiet; don’t disturb your mother she’s having a rest right now; sit down; eat this; not like that; you haven’t said grace yet; ‘I don’t even believe in God’; you will believe what I tell you to believe; take … Continue reading →

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Cafe people

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

They are either breaking up or having a fight. The couple across from me give each other often sharp, often awkward looks. The man looks more awkward than the woman, she seems defeated and annoyed. They are a Mediterranean couple, … Continue reading →

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Bedroom, View, Street.

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

My Bedroom The bedroom is always the coldest of the flat, until the warmth and familiarity of the duvet works its magic and prepares you for the rest you need to continue on. The furniture; the chest of drawers and … Continue reading →

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The Sock Puppet

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

It was always smiling with those shiny black buttoned eyes. Its fuzzy grey head lolled against a row of books lined up on the shelf. How silly he looks with that oversized green bow tie, thought Alex, observing the childish keepsake … Continue reading →

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Bedroom, Window, Street.

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

The bedroom is tidy. Obsessively so. Regiments of books stand to attention underneath the desk. The laptop on top lies open, no doubt with half-finished coursework glaring out from the screen as a reminder that it needs finishing. Scents, sprays, lotions all … Continue reading →

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The Daughter Complex. (girl)

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

The Daughter Complex. (girl) You are all mine sweetheart. We love you very, very much. Everything is for you. You will always be my little girl. When I am old, remember this. *

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Dos & don’ts – BOY

Posted on February 6, 2010 by

Never say that things will work out somehow – put an effort to make them work;  chill out and take life easy. Shut the toilet lid unless you want your wife to divorce you. I won’t have a wife who … Continue reading →

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Cafe Surveillance

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

By Elliot Adams Subject 1 is a male in his late forties. On his upper lip he proudly carries a greyed Bulgarian-style moustache that he twirls at the corner like a silent film villain. The stale odour of his tweed … Continue reading →

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Girl/Boy – Famous

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

You’re going to be famous when you grow up, aren’t you?; take this and draw the person you want to be, anyone you like; try making another picture, try again, try harder; now, be nice to the other children, or … Continue reading →

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Cafe Culture

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

Two people, a man and woman, mid-twenties, sit in separate arm chairs by the window. His shaved head and dark, circled eyes look almost sinister until he smiles and a wonderful warmth lights up his face. “God damn, I’m glad … Continue reading →

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Things I See

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

A wardrobe’s worth of embarassingly expensive clothing lies strewn on the coarse, colourless carpet. The large, rectangular Ikea mirror reflects my denim legs and the shadows they make on the sky blue, wood-chipped wall. Hats and luggage dangle from the … Continue reading →

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Family Portrait

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

Grace is my favourite. The little dark one, the shadow in a family of lights; she doesn’t command the spotlight; she is the eye behind the lens. The foreground is occupied by her sisters. Morgan, my twin. My other half. … Continue reading →

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Bus Journey

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

Standing, freezing, waiting, come on bus, what’s taking so long? hurry up! Rummage for loose change, climb up the stairs, find a spare seat, sit, stare blankly out the window. Slow paced rolling up the street, past the flower shop. … Continue reading →

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Le Chat Noir – Defamiliarisation

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

I had dug it out from one of the many half opened boxes in my search for something else. I was looking for items to fill the blank emptiness of the wall, something to make my new room less like … Continue reading →

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Observations To and From University

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

By Caroline Fraser The bus takes it’s time on my journey to university at 8.25am every Monday.  I rub my eyes as they complain with tiredness and I regret, once again, not getting an early night.  I yawn as the … Continue reading →

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Bedroom – Window – Street

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

There’s a television on in the corner of the room, but as usual I’m not watching it, it’s just for background noise. As my eyes sweep around the room they catch sight of all the faded posters on my walls … Continue reading →

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Story Based on Defamiliarisation Activity

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

Caroline Fraser 250 words My new kite took pride of place on my bedroom wall.  It was almost too lovely to be used.  The radiant colours shone boastfully, leaving everything else in my room shrouded in a grey and boring … Continue reading →

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