Category Archives: Stories

John Marsden Writing Topic #477

What do you think would be the best and worst things about going to boarding school?** Best: -Not having to travel back and forth between school and home. -Getting the chance to live with my friends. -Never feeling lonely as I’m constantly surrounded by people.   Worst: -Having to live at school and therefore under constant supervision. -Being away from

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John Marsden Writing Topic #465

What particular skill do you most lack? How do you feel about it?** Being able to play a musical instrument. Musical instruments have always fascinated me and I tried learning them as a kid–triangle, castanets, glockenspiel, guitar, keyboard and organ–but I got bored because I wasn’t having lessons and I wasn’t in a band. For the last couple of year,

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John Marsden Writing Topic #360

Take a significant event in your life and write about it** Graduation Day On Monday 15 December 2014, a day that I had been waiting for, for a long time finally arrived–my graduation day. After five years of hard work, personal and professional sacrifices, finding and losing love and other ups-and-downs, I finally got there. My graduation day wasn’t as

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John Marsden Writing Topic #377

‘One must master the demons in oneself, not deny them.’ What are your demons?** My demons are: *My perfectionist complex—my way of mastering this demon is to embrace the fact that I’m a flawed human being. *My anxiety over every little thing–my way of mastering this demon is to write down what makes me anxious and reassure myself that everything

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John Marsden Writing Topic #361

Write about a time when you were frightened…embarrassed…angry…proud…jealous…happy** Frightened–The last time I felt frightened, or at least a little bit, was when I was hours away from having my first medical procedure. I was frightened that something would go wrong or that I would react badly to the anaesthetic and die. Embarrassed–The last time I felt embarrassed was when I

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