The Garden of Vanity

[celestialwisdom]

I got a fucking C+ on my writing portfolio, my prof complains that I overstuff my writing so much with imagery that it is unclear, and I use fantasy allusions that nobody has ever heard of. She says while my writing is excellent, it is not what they were looking for in this course. Well sorry! Just when I thought I was taking something I'd be good

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[guzwar]

It's pathetic that in a course where you're supposed to express yourself, they still want you to write like the profs.

I had the same problem with one of my courses this year: the prof was teaching us to find our own voice, yadda yadda yadda, but when he edited our work, it came back sounding like what he wrote. So I said "Fuck it" and played to him. *shrug* Sure, it wasn't my best work, but I pulled off a good mark and managed to keep a little bit of my own voice in there.

Are there any fantasy-related courses you could do? Or better yet, do you know of a group of writers who have like-minded ideas? Sometimes the best way to get your writing to be appreciated is to join online writing groups who aren't constrained by The Man.

PS: My old editing group, when the schoolyear is over, will be starting up an online writing community. I'll post the details when I get them.

[celestialwisdom]

Ugghh, sorry to hear, you had the same problem.

There are fantasy related courses, but they're just English courses, not creative writing courses, so you just write essays on the stories or books. I'm in a writing club though, and they like my stuff.

Be sure to tell me about your online writing community when it's up