english ext 2 ideas (1 Viewer)

[zenzendekimasen]

hi, im about to start ext2 next term and i want to be prepared with some proposals or something but im not sure what i should really write about. my form will either be a critical or short story (im stronger in critical so im leaning towards that right now even though i think it'd be more fun to write imaginatively).

if anyone had any ideas they didnt end up using for their own mw or other sources of inspiration that you could recommended i would really appreciate it. tysm!!

 

[qweeosh]

hi, im about to start ext2 next term and i want to be prepared with some proposals or something but im not sure what i should really write about. my form will either be a critical or short story (im stronger in critical so im leaning towards that right now even though i think it'd be more fun to write imaginatively).

if anyone had any ideas they didnt end up using for their own mw or other sources of inspiration that you could recommended i would really appreciate it. tysm!!

In terms of form, I think it’s better to pick the one you will have the most fun with since it’s a project you will be working on for a year. its also should be noted that a critical response in this case will look entirely different from a conventional essay response that students usually write (although I’m sure most already knows this). As for ideas, I think you should give it some time but some mind mapping of your likes and dislikes should help with giving you an idea of first steps.

 

[jane1820]

I wrote a short story for AT1 year 11 adv abt a girl who has cancer and dies but the story is abt her reflecting on her life, simple yet its powerful bc it conveys human emotions, i reckon if you're going w creative a story abt human emotions is the best kind

it ends w her dying on her dads shoulder on the beach:
"I closed my eyes as I embraced the last moment. I knew it was time to let go just like the light. I did not need to look at the sky to know it was hurriedly turning dark, I felt it. As I let go of my final breath next to my father, I bid farewell to the light. But this time, I was the first to say farewell."

the bit abt the farewell to light is a reference to the beginning where it starts w a recount abt how her and her dad would watch the sunset on the beach and would leave the spot after the sunset, bc well the point is to watch the sun set heheheheheh


oh also note: my teacher didnt like the concept so she made me write a story abt a girl who is insane and is painting a man waiting for food on the dinning table but bc it wasnt perfect (and shes a perfectionist) she always tries to fix it over and over and over again, but at the end its revealed that the girl is insane and its just a 'white painting' (the title) and the man hunrgy is her internal struggle of constantly waiting for something to happen but anything that happens is never enough/good for her

 

[qweeosh]

I wrote a short story for AT1 year 11 adv abt a girl who has cancer and dies but the story is abt her reflecting on her life, simple yet its powerful bc it conveys human emotions, i reckon if you're going w creative a story abt human emotions is the best kind

it ends w her dying on her dads shoulder on the beach:
"I closed my eyes as I embraced the last moment. I knew it was time to let go just like the light. I did not need to look at the sky to know it was hurriedly turning dark, I felt it. As I let go of my final breath next to my father, I bid farewell to the light. But this time, I was the first to say farewell."

the bit abt the farewell to light is a reference to the beginning where it starts w a recount abt how her and her dad would watch the sunset on the beach and would leave the spot after the sunset, bc well the point is to watch the sun set heheheheheh


oh also note: my teacher didnt like the concept so she made me write a story abt a girl who is insane and is painting a man waiting for food on the dinning table but bc it wasnt perfect (and shes a perfectionist) she always tries to fix it over and over and over again, but at the end its revealed that the girl is insane and its just a 'white painting' (the title) and the man hunrgy is her internal struggle of constantly waiting for something to happen but anything that happens is never enough/good for her

Just adding my opinion here, I don’t think it’s a great idea to include any irl chronic illnesses in a major work unless you yourself suffer from it. It’s going to be difficult to depict a pain you have never felt plus I think (?) it’s a trope that is looked down upon due to ‘cringe‘ (my teacher’s words, not mine). Comparatively, a fictional illness would be a lot interesting to depict, a classmate of mine played heavily into the medical in her sci-fi major work.

 

[jane1820]

Just adding my opinion here, I don’t think it’s a great idea to include any irl chronic illnesses in a major work unless you yourself suffer from it. It’s going to be difficult to depict a pain you have never felt plus I think (?) it’s a trope that is looked down upon due to ‘cringe‘ (my teacher’s words, not mine). Comparatively, a fictional illness would be a lot interesting to depict, a classmate of mine played heavily into the medical in her sci-fi major work.

Im not saying to do illnesses im saying to do a story that is heavily and mainly focused on human emotions

 

[qweeosh]

Im not saying to do illnesses im saying to do a story that is heavily and mainly focused on human emotions

Just adding a footnote~

 

[aqwerty13402]

hi, im about to start ext2 next term and i want to be prepared with some proposals or something but im not sure what i should really write about. my form will either be a critical or short story (im stronger in critical so im leaning towards that right now even though i think it'd be more fun to write imaginatively).

if anyone had any ideas they didnt end up using for their own mw or other sources of inspiration that you could recommended i would really appreciate it. tysm!!

The first message I ever posted on this website, was venting about my EE2 choices (see here to see the og thread). So I feel qualified to talk about this. Similar to what @qweeosh said, pick a form (and concept) that INTERESTS YOU. I promise you, if you choose something that you have 0 interest in, your motivation will slowly erode away (as did mine) and you will find yourself completely not able to even work on your project. I ended up dropping because I changed my form (Short film --> Creative Non-fiction), and Concept (landed with political satire). And was left working on a major work that wasn't meaningful to me.

With that being said, and in contrast to what Jane mentioned, for extension 2 (which I'm assuming you've been told), you really can't just pick a topic (or storyline) for the sake of it. You need to have a level of complexity. I personally think it's always a good idea to go down the route of language. Given that its an english piece. If I could go back (and wasn't allowed to do my OG short film option), I'd look at the correlation between thought and language, and how when language is eroded away, so is the capacity for critical thought. Obv you'd need to extend on that idea though, since it's the theme of many popular books (1984, Animal farm).

But the scope of 'language is huge', and you don't have to do something adjacent by any means. Because I was doing a video, I watched many exemplars on youtube, and some of them were copies of blackmirror episodes (even the twists / endings). So I don't know where I'm going with this. But TLDR, make sure you are invested in whatever you pick.

 

[zenzendekimasen]

tysm for all the advice, to preface i do also enjoy criticals to some extent at least i found the IRP pretty interesting so maybe thats smth. but ill def consider all of y'alls thoughts