When I tell
people my degree is in Creative Writing I can tell from their expressions (and
words) that they imagine us all sitting around on beanbags, flowers in our hair,
talking about how totally deep our poems are, man. They have no
idea how much craft, research and painstaking editing goes into the work we
do.
How I wish I
could have taken all of these doubters to see the work of third year and
postgraduate Creative Writing students at today’s Demon Crew event and the
Postgraduate Creative Writing Showcase earlier this week.
The talent I
saw made me more proud of my degree than ever. Seeing where I could be in a few
short years was as inspiring as it was daunting.
The
postgraduate work was of an insanely high standard, my favourite piece was a
hilarious, enthusiastically-read extract from story that reminded me a little of
Hunter S Thompson’s work. There was also funny and thought-provoking poetry at a
standard I'm certain I could never reach.
The Demon
Crew event was a presentation of third year publications – small books,
websites, vlogs and audio drama were among the creative ideas showcased. Many of
which got a lot of laughs. (There was also free juice and crisps!)
These events
have inspired me to push myself so much harder in the hopes that soon I
will be up there reading out my work for some poor first year to write an
inadequate blog about.
Hannah
Maggs
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