{"id":7837,"date":"2025-03-28T03:59:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&p=7837"},"modified":"2025-03-28T03:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:59:58","slug":"creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/creative-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our Reading to Write module in the Preliminary English course students were asked to write a story in the style of Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl”. The results were as delightful and surprising as Jamaica Kincaid herself could have wished. Here is a snapshot of student writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parent Talk II<\/strong><\/p>\n

The door opens and she hangs on the balcony; \u201cGood afternoon, I prayed for you today; will you not come and shake my hand; you must be tired; there\u2019s tea in the microwave and it\u2019s getting lukewarm; I made the tea myself; I made it exactly how we like it; I am more tired than I have ever been; won\u2019t you come hug me; don\u2019t come too close I am a frail woman you must know this; go pray before you commit another sin; why haven\u2019t you greeted your father; make sure to lower your head; and make sure he doesn\u2019t shake your hand; you are not a little child you should know better; this is not how I have taught you how to talk to a man; if any man ever tries anything I will be the first to break their jaw; greet everyone then be sure to shower: you must shower with hot water, the cold will make you ill; don\u2019t sit down until we have finished making dinner; today I am showing you how to make palak gosht<\/em>; palak<\/em> goes well with everything; will you cut the meat; I am more tired than I have ever been; don\u2019t make a bad job of cutting the meat or what will your future husband think of you; don\u2019t let your husband talk you into anything, it never ends well; when you marry I will bring you a gift of gold, don\u2019t ever forget; make sure to love your children how I have taught you; always know that you and your brother are my heart and liver; you must never go against this; remember to put the rice on the table after it is done; remember not to sit too close to your father; remember to pray before dinner; thank God that I have raised you right; pray for me; remember that I am more tired than I have ever been.’<\/p>\n

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As part of our Reading to Write module in the Preliminary English course students were asked to write a story in the style of Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl”. The results were as delightful and surprising as Jamaica Kincaid herself could have wished. Here is a snapshot of student writing. Parent Talk II The door […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-7837","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}