I finally got my marks and comments back on my 2905 Creative Writing project:

I thought your project was intriguing to say the least. It had the feel of a Dr. Faustus-type story in which the protagonist's wishes for success (or his agent's perhaps in this case) seem to unravel and take some hellish form. Many of your descriptions are first rate ("beams of car headlights poured out the stains..."), showing me once again that your command of language can be excellent. At times, however, in this piece, I thought there were certain stylistic infelicities, things that didn't quite come off, and this showed a straining for effect that didn't mar your previous work. I wasn't clear on how the protagonist's skin began to blister, or what precisely was happening to him as a result of meeting this woman. The things that happen to him come across too abruptly, without adequate narrative preparation. Was she a demon, or was he just going mad? I suppose that this doubt is not so much the problem as the handling of it. If I haven't done so already I'd recommend reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" or "Young Goodman Brown" for examples of this type of narrative.

Final Project: 27.3/35 (78)

Assigned Exercises: 29.05/35
Participation: 24.6/30

Final Mark: 81

I'd have to agree with most of my professor's comments. I rushed a lot of the final submissions, which hindered me from really fleshing out the story and descriptions as nicely as I would've liked. I'm moderately satisfied with my final mark, but I know I've got the potential to do better. I guess it's the price I pay for procrastination.