Welcome to THRIVE, the online creative writing magazine for Lake Tuggeranong College. Select from the various genres/themes below to begin reading the work of our amazing students!

Please note: many of the stories are of a mature nature and may include violence, drug references and sexual themes. They are intended for a mature audience. Stories may include proofreading errors, as they are genuine student work.

2024

THRIVE 2024 includes a wealth of talent and fun from our current Lake Tuggeranong College creative writers. Please enjoy various work from our fabulous LTC students by clicking in some of the links below:

This year, our very own Hannah Luff won the LitLinks Year 11 &12 Judges Choice award for her story, An Eye for an Eye. We are so proud to have one of the ACT's best writers here at LTC!

You can read her work on the LitLinks site here: https://actlitlinks.com.au/read-the-2024-winning-entries/year-11-12-2024/an-eye-for-an-eye-by-hannah-luff/

Feature Articles

11 English T were challenged to write a feature article about a social issue or observation. Enjoy the way they weave narrative and non-fiction to engage their readers in these topics.

The Other Side of the Story

In a class activity, Literature students had a go at giving a fairy tale villain a voice! Check out their fun work samples and see if you can guess which story they are all from.

Historical Fiction

Stories can transport you to another time and place. Enjoy these stories from our Literature students each based on a different historical time period, but communicating modern values and ideas.

Genre and Form

Year 12 Tertiary English class selected their classes based on studying a particular genre or form. These included: non fiction, graphic novels, crime fiction and science fiction. Here are a selection of their final pieces, which include screenplays, short stories, a review and a comic.

Aspiring Writers

Many of our aspiring writers get together on Tuesdays on TRaC X to share and improve their creative writing skills. Please check our some of their work. Note their names - they could be famous writers in the future!

COMING SOON

Representations

11 English T classes were challenged to create a short story which represented a thematic issue in a creative manner. Please enjoy some of their stories.

2023:

THRIVE 2023 offers you more fabulous creative writing from the extremely talented writers at Lake Tuggeranong College. Click some of the links below to check out their work:

The Power of Literature

The Literature classes this year were challenged to write a story which shows the power literature can have to impact social change. They each needed to select a social issue and write fiction which would evoke change in our culture.

Character Perspectives

Year 11 Tertiary English students were asked to take a character from the novel they were studying and write from their perspective. Check out some of their insightful responses here.

Aspiring Writers

Some of our students are keen to start their career as creative writers. Here are some of their best works.

Sonnets

While studying the literary canon, students in Literature classes were challenged to write in the style of various classic authors. Their first challenge: to write either a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet!

Film Proposals

COMING SOON!

Conflict

11 English T students have been looking at the different ways conflict has been represented in narratives. Here are some of their own original works exploring this idea.

2022:

THRIVE 2022 is filled with fantastic stories written by our very own student writers at LTC. Click some of the links below to check out their work:

Historical Fiction

In Semester One, the Literature Classes explored the purpose and impact of Historical Fiction. To show their understanding of the genre, students created their own short story based on an historical event, person or era. Here are some of their stories.

Gothic Literature

Delve into the dark and the unknown with the Year 12 Tertiary class: Gothic Fiction. The gothic genre aims to distort and challenge social norms through exploration of the supernatural, ideas of madness, and the concept of reality.

Science Fiction

Science Fiction allows the imagination to run wild with wondering 'what if science could...?'. Enjoy some of our work from Year 12 Tertiary English in this genre.

Crime Fiction

Read some classic (and some new style) 'who dunnit?' stories from some of our Year 12 Tertiary students who explored the popular genre of Crime Fiction.

2021:

A collection of work from students during 2021:

2020:

Please see below for amazing writing samples and work from students in 2020.