Creative Writing Workshop – Winning Entries
Creative writing workshop
Here we are once again presenting to you the top 2 essays by students from “Jawahar Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School”. This School is also my Alma matter as well as Nivi’s. On behalf of our Magazine, I had conducted a creative writing workshop in this School during my trip to Chennai.
The children were really excited to write on the topic given to them which was If you could be one of these characters, which one would you be and why
1. Harry potter
2. Neo from Matrix
3. Batman
4. Rancho from 3 Idiots
We promised to publish the top 3 essays in the forthcoming issues of our magazine. We had published the essay that took the third place in our April 2010 Edition and now we present to you the top 2 prize winning essays.
– Anuradha Chandrasekaran
1st Prize: Sravanthi – IX -D
Who is Harry Potter? How are you related to him? Do you know his as a friend? Do you think someone will ask us these questions? Harry Potter is the name of a character in the book/movie Harry Potter. It is a hit movie. Everyone knows about him. He lives in a magical world. He has two best friends, Ron and Hermione.
If I were Harry Potter, just imagine. Wow! It would be wonderful. I would have a wand to do magic. I would be famous. I would have magical powers. I could play Quidditch in which I could fly on a broom stick. I would find different kind of creatures and fly on them if they had wings. It would also be great to have Dumbledore as our principal/ I would write letters to my friends and need not post them because there would be Owls to deliver them to their homes. I can also travel from one place to another using magic. I can speak in parseltonge. I can bite off more than one can chew.
If I were him, I would use magic for many things. I would m a k e my brain larger and store more useful things. I could pack my school bag and clean my shoes at the drop of a hat. I would also finish my homework in a few minutes. The best of it all, I could run faster than my usual speed. I would use Felix felicis which would make lucky the whole day. I would use magic on someone who meddles with me.
I would play pranks at people’s houses and then use the invisibility cloak to prevent from getting caught. I know using magic for our own purpose is an illegal practice. Magic is used to do good things to the society or the nation. So I would use magic to heal the injuries of people (society). I would kill Voldemort, the most dangerous person. It brings danger to even mention his name would kill all his horcruxes (When someone divides his/her life in to six parts, and keep those parts in different places, they can be killed only if each of those parts are found and killed) Though, we cannot use magic for our good, I would love to do so. It is a dicey situation. I know it is not possible to become Harry Potter but I would still want to be adventurous and magical like him.
2nd Prize: Ajay Srikanth – IX- D
Batman is different in the sea of superheroes. He is unique as he doesn’t have actual super powers. No web slinging, no vapor beams from his eyes, and no super strength. But He is a super hero. Solely through intelligence and gizmos, he is a crime fighter. The dark Knight, as he is called, is extremely stealthy. His enemies don’t even know he is there until they get hit. He keeps Gotham city safe. Especially from the Joker. Grinning maniacally, the Joker is on a league of his own. If there was a hall of fame for super villains, Joker would definitely top it.
If I were Batman, I would go across the town making no noise and taking care of evil doers, Beating Shumaker using Bat Mobile and swooping across the sky on the Bat Plane. Batman has been a fantasy of mine for a long time. The Dark Knight is a super cool super hero. Looking at the Bat signal in the dark, plain sky gives me an inexplicable thrill. His colors, black and grey correspond perfectly with his crime fighting techniques. Being a super hero would be awesome. There are simply no words to describe the feeling. Long Live Batman!
If I were Harry Potter
Writing has always been a passion for us at the TheBanyanTrees. When we started
this venture, one of our goals was to promote, if not introduce, the pleasures of writing
to students. As a first step, one of our editors, Anuradha Chandrasekaran, went back to her alma mater, Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Chennai, to conduct
TheBanyanTrees’ first writing workshop. The March issue of TheBanyanTrees
featured an article in which Anuradha talked about her experience
of interacting with the young adults of Jawahar Vidyalaya and also about the subsequent creative writing competition we conducted. We awarded prizes to the three best entries and will be publishing them, one-by-one, in our April, May, and June issues.
Here is our third-place entry:
How would it be to be a part of a fantasy land? It would be a yes for all those annoyed by the normal hectic lives that they are forced to live in.
Well, it is not bad to at least dream of it when nothing of this sort is possible in reality.
One character whose way of life I envy is Harry Potter. I have always dreamed of being a part of the wizarding world where the lifestyle is enviable by us (muggles).
Everyone wonders at one point of time why he/she was born as a normal human being and not as one with magical powers. Things we toil for day and night are simply achieved with the wave of a wand by Harry Potter. A magical word and a whoosing of the wand and tada… your work is done.
If I were Harry Potter, just imagine! I would be ruling the world. Anything would be possible for me. I would fly in a simple broomstick instead of standing in queue to get air tickets for a flight. I would dream up magical spells and use it to make me successful in a snap. I would be a Quidditch seeker instead of sitting here watching a boring cricket match on television.
I would be on an adventurous mission, tracking my enemy Voldemart who craves for my blood and not be someone who has nothing interesting happening in life.
If I were Harry Potter, I would solve numerous mysteries, figure out ancient secrets and would be the ‘boy who lived’, ‘the chosen one’.
If I had been Harry Potter, why would I need to dream up all this?
By R. Swetha, Jawahar Vidyalaya,9th Grade, F section
