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pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2006-02-25 12:52 pm

International Embarrass Yourself as an Artist Day

Having been double-dog dared by [livejournal.com profile] matociquala, I have pulled out the earliest sample of writing that I can find. This is from 1978. I am not quite sure this fits her criteria, since it's a school assignment. Think of it as fanfiction. Ibsen fanfiction. The assignment was to write a fourth act to A Doll's House. When I wrote a thank you letter to all my high school English teachers when Emerald House Rising came out, sending them a copy of the book, my senior year English teacher faxed this to me in 1998. He had kept it for twenty years, handing it out as a sample to students as he continued to assign this exercise. Therefore, I present to you, the fourth act of A Doll's House:

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[identity profile] cakmpls.livejournal.com 2006-02-25 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Impressive work.

[identity profile] sternel.livejournal.com 2006-02-25 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I like that very much. Thank you for sharing.

[identity profile] marikochan.livejournal.com 2006-02-25 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
(Note: I think you mean [livejournal.com profile] matociquala.)

[identity profile] aome.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
As someone who has never read Ibsen, I can say you painted such a clear picture of the characters that I didn't need to have read A Doll's House to have a great sense of who they were and at least some of what had been in their past. You gave good stage directions, too, including the lighting. I'm very impressed - no way could I have written that well in high school.

[identity profile] huladavid.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
There's something I love about the idea of Ibsen fanfic.

(Does that make "Godzilla vs. Jane Austen" fanvideo?)

What a great assignment!

[identity profile] thorintatge.livejournal.com 2006-02-28 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
Now I'm trying to think of what direction I would have taken with that assignment. Your piece was certainly good, for high school. This reminds me of when I wrote an alternate ending to Lord of the Flies. Unlike just about everything else I wrote in high school, I can still read it with pride instead of cringing. Probably because I was using an established setting and tone, instead of creating my own weak ones.