The Random Passerby

I sit down at my table, eager to receive my coffee. I feel relaxed. The day has felt so long and yet, I am only half way. It is only midday and there is still lots of work to do. I look over to the busy street. People swarm come , go and swarm about like ants in a…

The Unknown

The unknown is not something to fear, but to explore. We fear the unknown because we don’t understand. We don’t understand and therefore we are afraid. Afraid to unlock the inner mysteries and questions we want answers to. So the unknown just sits there; like a box, longing to be opened and it’s contents explored.…

Short Story Orientations

1. I go back inside after a hard days work of chopping trees. I put my axe on the rack and turn around. I hear a clatter behind me and I look around. The axe is gone. I turn back around and see the axe hovering millimetres from my face. 2. I step into the…

Creative Writing

The water was dark and uninviting. Ray looked up. He was chained up and about to be plunged into a vat of freezing cold water. “Couldn’t this have gone any simpler ?” he thought. Ray was part of elite team of spies trained to thwart enemy conspiracies and plots. His mission had been blown as…

Cassius- the most evil man in Julius Caesar

In class, we studied the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar. We studied the techniques and looked at the characters. All of them had different traits and personalities but most of them are bent on killing Caesar. The most corrupt character in the play would be Cassius. Cassius is the ringleader of the conspirators. He is the…

Lockie Leonard Scumbuster

Over recent days, my class an I have been reading a script for the play Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. The play has been adapted from the novel that was written by Tim Winton. The book is about a teenager named Lockie Leonard who loves surfing. He also has a friend called Egg (Geoff Eggleston). One day,…