Question

ok. so i found out that there is also an artistic scholarship program in the private college that i applied to. ONe of the helpers told me that if I send in a written portfolio, one of my best works, to the counselor, then they will decide if I can qualify for the artistic scholarship.
THe writing can be any type and about anything.
Maximum 15-double spaced pages. recommended atleast 10 pages.

i want to do either a research paper, or a short story. I think short story will be better because I might be able to write 10 pages about it.

Ofcourse it will have to be really nicely written and get their interest.

And that is something I can't do!!
please help me. What type of writing should I do. If I do short story, what are some interesting topics I can write about. It can be either fiction or non fiction. I have until feb 15 (latest) so I have a good amount of time to work on it.

thanks guys

Answer 1

Here's my advice. Short-story writing takes creativity and skill. (I know because I took a correspondence in short-story writing many years ago, and I didn't finish it. I didn't have the talent or the desire or the creativity to write a decent story.)

I suggest you write a research paper. Dozens of pages can be written in a well-planned and well-researched paper.

Study these sites for topic suggestions.

http://www.contracosta.edu/library/guides/topics.htm

http://lib1.bmcc.cuny.edu/help/speech/speechtopics.html

You might want to do something in history, like the U.S. battles in the Pacific in WWII, history of Islam, ancient Greek art.

Answer 2

<b>You wrote:</b>

"And that is something I can't do!!"

<b>If "that" is something you "can't do," then scrap that idea, as Ms. Sue has told you. You should not submit something you cannot do well <u>on your own</u>. At some point, you'll have to perform on your own, possibly under a timed situation, and then you'd bomb out! Better to do something you KNOW you're good at and can do well on your own. Independence and self-motivation in your own learning will become more and more important as time goes on. </b>

Answer 3

Amen, Writeacher!!!

Answer 4

ok. thanks guys. research paper it is.

i think in either 10th or 11th grade in history i had to write a paper on Prophet Mohammad and his teachings or something like that and I got a really good grade on it because it was a research paper and I had done my research well.

I'm going to see if I can find that, hopefully. Then I will add to it..add a lot to it because I think it's probably only 2 pages.

The reason i was thinking about a story is because I thought it would be more appropriate and interesting for an art school. I don't know how much my research paper will intereste them, but since they said I can do it, then I will.

tahnks again, I hope I find that paper.