Writing is so FRICKEN fantastic. Most fun uni couse ever. For one, everyone who wants to do it tends to be interesting, so you will never be bored in class. But then the lecturers are so fun (especially Shady and Damian), and the work is good. but best of ALL is that there arent any exams...
Depends on who you get. Mainly they ask about what you read, how you went at hgih school, what you want to get out of the course. My interview was with Hawkie, and we talked for ages about what the theory course is like. It was kind of fun.
Whatever you do, don't stress. They can smell fear...
I read somewhere that Stanley left out the last chapter because -either the english or the american version (I cant remember which one Stanley read) - finished as the movie did. It's all a little hazy, its been a while since I looked it up.
But I thought the actuall last chapter, where Alex...
I somehow managed to convince myself that it is much more important to watch Black Books than study.
Luckily I only have one exam and an essay due. Still sucks though...
hey Jo, love that poem...
I'm a creative writing student too, so posting some stuff online would be awesome. I'm mainly prose though, so this is probably not the best place. Most of mine is 2000 minimum.
I really liked it. May have been a little heavy on the sex, but hey, it worked.
And as a piece of trivia, did you know the author went to Mount Keira High? Can't remember her name, but she did a talk at the Wollongong Library last year.
Basically, the main character (who narrates it) isn't born until chapter 7. Then there are huge digressions concerning the passing of narrative time, hobby horses and the influence of classic texts. And lastly there are black pages, marble pages, diagrams illustrating the plot, foreords in...