Here is Ryan's response [sic]:
As we approach the final hours of the 2014-2015 school year, we also approach the end of this creative writing class, a class which regrettably, will not be offered next year. This leaves many of the writers in this class without a home--that is to say, without a time and place devoted almost solely to creative writing. However, I am almost certain most of us in here will nevertheless continue to create--I know I will--because of all the incredibleness writing brings into my life.
There are, of course many reasons why I will continue to write; most of them are similar to why I took this class. First, I want to continue to grow as a writer. There is no way to do this other than to keep writing. Second (or really, first and foremost), I simply love to write. I love the creative outlet it provides, I love the way it allows me to express myself, I love how it allows me to create my own worlds and then get lost in them. Of course I will keep writing--I never want to stop.
Writing is an incredibly enriching activity outside of school, work, and everyday life because of what it can give to the person writing. Creative writing provides everything the writer wants it to, be that a place to which to escape, a way to deal with the pressures of day-to-day life, a way to release creative energy, or simply something to fill the slowly passing hours of a weary, dreary Sunday afternoon.
The reasons why writing means so much to me could ring true to anyone who picks up a pen, pencil or computer in order to write. The reverse is also true. Many of the reasons other people list regarding why they love writing apply to me as well.
So, yes, of course I will continue to write, for as long as I can, and I encourage others looking for an escape or place to create to give writing a shot too. Maybe they will learn to love it as I do.
