Friday, May 22, 2015

In Defense of Creative Writing: Part 2

This is a series of student essays in response to the year-end prompt, "Once you are no longer in a creative writing class, will you continue to write regularly? Why or why not? What value does writing have in a person's life outside of school or work?"

Here is Holly's response [sic]:

Writer. That's what I consider myself to be. A writer, in my opinion, is someone who let's out feeling and stories on paper that they couldn't/can't let out in their human form. This allows people to deal with anxiety.

Writing. A form of escape. writing allows you to create a person and become that person. This is a very amazing thing but can also be quite dangerous. For when you become attached to this character it can become quite difficult to accept flaws. Just like it's hard to accept them in yourself.

Characters. The single most important thing to a story. What is a story without characters? Well it's a story without characters of course. But it will more then likely be a fairly boring story. For the story wouldn't have much of a purpose. It wouldn't have any conflict, any love, any plot really.

Creative Writing. The class that encouraged me to think outside the box. The class that taught me that writing doesn't have to make since all the time. But a little weird is okay. The class that gave me the most amazing group of friends. The friends that I wouldn't give up for anything in the world.

As it's sad that my freshman year is coming to an end. I do plan to further my writing skills. And never give up on my passion. Mrs. Cobb this might be the last piece of writing you grade of mine. But it wont be the last writing of mine.