Grade Twelve Writer's Craft Assignments

Over the month of July 2005, I took a highschool course online, for Grade Twelve Writer's Craft. I got a mark of 85%, which is surprisingly good for me. This course involved writing some fiction (which was mostly based on truth) and some non-fiction (which was mostly based on lies). I enjoyed this course, and writing out some of the pieces. Here are some of my assignments, which you can peruse, if that's what you fancy. I've also ranked them from lowest to highest, markwise. It's almost the same order of which I like, from worst to best. My marks range from 73 to 88% This is fiction. This is non-fiction.

  • Connor Angel: The Heroic Blackguard: An essay on the heroic qualities of a villanious television character.*
  • The Father's Dinner: A short paragraph that shows the reader that 'He was not what you would call “a good father”.'
  • Lyla's Garden: A short paragraph that shows the reader that 'She loved her garden and there was nothing she found more relaxing that spending a morning there.'
  • The Ultimate Triple Hamburger Meal: A restaurant review of the Wendy's which I work at. A biased assessment, for I was both chef and consumer that night.
  • The Exploration of Queen Street: A pointless essay of a rather nice trip up and down Queen Street. This is a censored version, for it leaves out the part where I go to a Bong shop.
  • The Goth Coulrophobic: A description of a messy goth's room, complete with a ritualistic blade, piles of garbage, and an odd collection of used-up lighters.
  • One-Hundred and Fifty Kilometres From Home: A story that focuses more on character development than plot. Based on a real person.
  • Cigarette Karma:A story which revolves more around dialogue than character description or scene descriptions. Plot advances with speech, nothing else.
  • The Darkest, Last Straw:A piece of fanfiction, that involves two well-known literary characters. It has been pointed out to me that there are several loopholes with the narrator's character. (Shrugs) Still, one of my highest marks.
    *Only technically non-fiction, for it was in Unit 3, Non Fiction. The character is fictitious, but the show is not. I don't entirely understand it myself. Mercutio- fiction; Romeo & Juliet- is a book that is real. (Shrug)


    exposition.. rising action.. climax.. falling action.. denoument..