Project Plan – Creative Writing & Poetic Exploration
1. Boundaries and Achievability
- Time Frame: The project will run across Projects 3 to 7, giving enough time to explore, reflect, revise, and curate.
- Scope: I will produce a small portfolio (6–10 pieces) of creative writing and poetry, accompanied by visual/textual fragments, notes, and reflections that support the final body of work.
- Form: The works will range from poems, narrative fragments, and possibly letter or journal-style texts. A small publication might be the final form.
The goal is achievable yet challenging, as it requires me to maintain creative honesty and vulnerability while remaining focused and open to experimentation.
2. Practical Activities
To expand potential and stay creatively active, I will:
- Write at least 2 short pieces per week — free-writing, poem drafts, or reflective fragments.
- Revisit texts and artists who influence me: Aesop, Homer, Kavafi, Kavadias, and Xu Zhimo.
- Take photographs and audio notes during walks to engage with environment, memory, and movement.
- Complete 1–2 Skills Hub micro-courses on poetry, photography, or writing (to be decided).
- Begin a small visual notebook or digital space to collect found words, quotes, or images that help shape the atmosphere of the project.
3. Sharing & Feedback
- I will share selected texts or reflections with peers and tutors for feedback via forums or tutorials.
- Consider reading aloud or recording pieces as audio drafts to understand pacing, rhythm, and tone.
- I will use an online blog or shared document to share progress and solicit creative input at key stages.
4. Adaptability & Change
- If writing output slows down, I will shift focus temporarily to reading, reflection, or interviews with others (asking friends about memory, travel, or love as inspiration).
- If the emotional intensity becomes overwhelming, I will channel it into metaphor or myth, allowing space for distance and storytelling.
- I remain open to shifting the final format (e.g. digital vs. print vs. audio), depending on what the work naturally suggests.
5. Experimentation & Process
To avoid a linear or rigid approach, I’ll include:
- Writing experiments: memory-based constraints (e.g. “I remember…”), rewriting myths, erasure poetry from personal letters.
- Theme iterations: exploring love, nostalgia, absence, and belonging from different cultural and personal angles.
- Rewriting: returning to a piece three times with different focuses — once for form, once for tone, once for clarity.
- Using prompts like “write what you cannot say aloud” or “what moment would you relive if you could?”
Summary for Personal Framework (Template Format):
Project Title (Working): Incomplete Goodbyes
Creative Focus:
Exploring personal and emotional memory through poetry and lyrical prose, using myth, place, and encounter as recurring motifs.
Aims:
- Develop a personal poetic voice using memory, travel, and emotional introspection as key themes.
- Explore forms of romantic and platonic loss, and cultural identity.
- Produce a small body of work (6–10 pieces) that contributes to a curated poetic/creative text, accompanied by photography, to create a cohesive piece.
Objectives:
- Complete regular writing practice (2x/week minimum).
- Research creative artists and texts that inform and inspire the theme.
- Experiment with form, voice, and revision techniques.
- Gather and respond to feedback.
- Reflect on progress in the learning log weekly.
Outcomes:
- A small portfolio or chapbook of finished poems and reflections.
- A stronger sense of voice and creative direction.
- A documented creative process with key learnings.
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