too stubborn to play the game

[alohaanna]

I once got a horrible grade on a standardized test for my essay...and this is after aquiring a BA in Creative Writing...guess that degree did me no good. I got a bad grade because I refused to find a way to make the topic work for me. The topic was something like: Name something you regret from your past and what you learned from it

Comments

[bleodswean]

Yep. It was a difficult topic for all these life-affirming reasons you've listed. Nice response.

[alphaloria]

Meta!

I personally went for the first-world-problem angle. :)

[meridian_rose]

I agree completely. Some people need the struggle and work best under pressure. I am not one of those people.

[kajel]

I found the topic difficult to wrap my mind around also.

[karmasoup]

You'll learn the topics here are very loose, and there's no grading (other than votes). If you can make a connection, that's all that matters. Never a need to feel like you've cheated... if it inspired you into an idea, that will work. And, if you can paint a clear picture that allows others to make that same connection, and it's clever, or entertaining, or thought provoking, or anything else that might cause other writers to give you a nod, that will be good enough. :) We're not teachers. We're all participating in the same struggle. ;)