Essays and Research Papers on Creative Writing

(7 pp). The assignment for this paper was to describe the opposite genders "pickup" approach. This author makes the argument that pick-up lines are past their prime, but does list a few from his friends, as well as gives his approach to "meeting new people." His general premise may be if ...

A 5 page classification essay categorizing good, average and bad teams in the NFL. Team records are dynamic and change annually, but the general attitude and tone of the larger organization generally does not. Taking responsibility for the outcome of each game and giving opponents credit for being competent are used as the primary criteria for ...

This 5 page report tells the story of experiencing a summer thunderstorm in the high desert of the American Southwest. It is a descriptive paper that outlines the process of an August thunderstorm. . Despite what most people assume about the desert and the dry harshness of the land, it is a spectacularly alive place. In the ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the awakening from a coma of 100 years from the standpoint of a high school student. The student wakes in the year 2084. No sources cited.

This 6 page paper looks at the perceived and actual differences between experts and novices. The paper considers the definitions of the terms and how they are used and interpreted in different contexts and areas of study. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 9 page fictional rendition of the maturation of a young African American boy from impressionable youth to determined man. Emphasizes the influence his experiences in a ten year stay in South Africa had on his eventual direction as an adult back in the United States. Notes the importance of cultural memories and ...

A 5 page creative writing exercise detailing a woman's determination to take part in a family trail ride despite her irrational fear of horses. The woman was trained to fear storms and determined not to pass the fear along to her daughters. She is an animal lover and her fear of horses baffles her. She ...

This 5 page paper provides an opinion about why pet ownership is desirable. The positive effects of pets are explored. Various types of animals and pet owners are discussed. No bibliography.

5 pages in length. This is a hypothetical letter to a cousin who is a patient in a mental institution. Taking examples from various texts including works by Harriet Jacob, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin and Charlotte Bronte, this letter is constructed using examples from works from each of these authors. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 15 page paper, as part of a role-playing exercise, pretends to address King Louis XVI prior to his ascent to the throne. The young prince is provided with advice in a letter on how to be a good king. The paper resembles Machiavelli's The Prince, and in fact the infamous work is ...

The Case For Deviance: Deviancy is considered valuable when defined in terms of individuality and, or, diversity. This 5 page paper provides a tutorial on the rhetorical strategies of subjective, objective and opinionated views as they apply to the issue of deviancy. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which provides a narrative essay on a particular situation wherein family members expect more from their benefactor than they receive. No sources cited.

A 6 page paper which discusses personal experiences, good and bad, experienced by the writer. The paper illustrates that even the bad experiences were a learning experience and helped to develop character. No sources cited.

This 5 page paper is a humorous essay that gives an example of the popular saying "If something can go wrong, it will." This paper provides an extended example of this saying. No sources cited.

A 5 page creative essay which examines Mercutio’s deathbed account of his friend Romeo, describing his strengths, weaknesses, capacity for anger, sense of humor, his respect for conventional authority, and his sense of loyalty. No additional sources are used.

This 9 page paper provides an overview of the concept of metaphor, including the controversy on the subject. The concept is defined and many aspects of the topic are included. Black and Debatin are two theorists discussed. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

This 9 page paper provides a fictitious conversation between sociologists Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim that supposedly takes place in 1879. The conversation includes three ordinary citizens who criticize the great theorists. The problem of social welfare in France, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, is the focus of the discussion. Bibliography ...

This 8 page paper examines Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue as the first in the genre. It is compared to the 1970s work The Second Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders. The detective novel is examined in general, particularly as it respects protagonists. Rules for writing detective novels, and creating detectives, are discussed. ...

This 6 page paper details the characteristics of the existentialist thinker and movement of the early twentieth century and applies that to the general role of a detective. Examples from classic detective novels are Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper argues that AI does not have creativity and so will never replace writers. The idea is based upon the conclusions of Selmer Bringsjord and David A. Ferrucci who wrote "Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity : Inside the Mind of Brutus, a Storytelling Machine. " The book is used as ...

An 8 page paper which presents a simple fairy tale and then discusses the fairy tale in terms of its spiritual theme. The presentation is intended to imitate stories found in Alan B. Chinon's "In the Ever After: Fairy Tales and the Second Half of Life." No sources cited.

This 5 page paper uses Edward Hopper's Nighthawk painting and W.H.Auden's poem, Unknown Citizen to compare and contrast the artists' opinions on urban solitude. Examples given of both artist's work. Commentaries include discussion on applications to the modern day urban dweller. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages. This paper is all about choice. Mrs. Turpin asks herself whom she would have chosen to be if Jesus gave her two choices, neither choice being who she was at that moment. However, the choices given to her are in her mind, both very undesirable ones; how she makes ...

This 8 page paper discusses the role of a father complex in the making of a great poet. Examples given are some of the confessional poets such as Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, and Robert Lowell. Father complexes and archetypes are explained and compared to the lives of the above poets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 1/2 page paper draws parallels between the women misionaries held in Afghanistan, the caning of Michael Fey and the literature of Robert Louis Stevenson's, Kidnapped. Issues of perspective, loss of life, and personal development are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.