Rules which give imagination something to use
Original practice source: a commentary about creative rules.
A beginner may experience a rule as a barrier: the line must end here, the scene must fit this length, the materials must come from this small set. Later, the same limit may become a way to begin. Instead of considering everything, the maker can investigate a particular possibility closely.
Rules can also preserve a habit after its reason has stopped applying. Repeating a convention without understanding it is not the same as gaining control of a craft. Someone who changes a rule should be able to consider what the change makes possible and what it removes. Obedience and rebellion can both become substitutes for judgement.
An arts magazine is inviting articles on the statement: “Creative people need rules more than they need freedom.”
Write an article for the magazine arguing your view. You may use ideas from the source and your own ideas.
60 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE English Language 2.2 Section B: Directed writing, covering 2.2.1 Writing for audience and purpose, 2.2.2 Responding to multiple and diverse demands, and 2.2.3 Writing linked to the Section A sources. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.