...i failed my english GCSE (UK), i'll be resitting it early next year, but who said you can't be an author with out a qualification, please help me because i want to do a new thing, any advise?
Ah, English GCSE. I remember doing that exam a few years ago. Listen, you are young; when you are young you have plenty room for improvement, just because you cannot do well right now doesn't mean you won't in the future, think of Naruto: remember how much he sucked at the beginning of the series?
The key thing is practise; if you want to be an author I suggest you practise by making short stories on Microsoft Word, this is also a good way to learn spelling and grammar better - the spell check will tell you if you get something wrong, so you can learn from your mistakes. If you do the same mistake a few times, make a note of it. Just remember that not many people are gifted in perfecting a language at your age.
As for English GCSE, I can tell you that I failed the first time I did it in Year 10, so I went to extra lessons and stuff to rectify this. I learned my main mistakes and learned the techniques, and then I got a B in the resit, as well as an A in English Literature. I can tell you the key things I learned from these experiences:
- First, reading the question is important. It sounds simplistic, but many including myself make the mistake of not carefully reading it and thus beginning to answer it incorrectly; read what it is asking you to do.
- Remember this: many worry that they did not write enough, but it is the content that matters: Quality > Quantity. If you can get your point across in a concise way rather than having to write a exhausted and detailed explanation, then examiners will be impressed.
- (This is for the section concerning whatever book you must answer about) When you are answering a question about whatever book it is, when doing Point Evidence Explain you must analyse and explain what the writer's intentions are: you could use a quote (tip: examiners prefer shorter quotes, such as one word), point out what technique this quote is, such as a metaphor, and then use this quote to think of what the writer intended with it. Remember that there is not one right answer in English, so you must use your creativity.
This is just based on my experiences anyway. Good luck
