Friday, May 22, 2015

In Defense of Creative Writing: Part 8

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 Chyna's response [sic]:

After experiencing many new methods due to creative writing, I can say that I will continue to write regularly once this journey is over. All the writing tips and writing rules I learned in Creative Writing actually made me enjoy writing. Also in my writing class I had a great and understandable teacher, so I will keep writing to prove what was taught helped me a lot. Creative Writing was the perfect class to take during my freshman year, because now I will continue to write throughout highschool.

I personally believe writing is like a get-away free card. My reason for that is because sometimes writing about how you feel is way more easy and comfortable to do rather than talking about it. It seems as you let all your problems go or set them free by writing them down. And for that very exact reason, I love writing. That's the value writing has in my very own life.

On the other hand, the value of writing may vary for others. Some uses the value of writing as a lyrical. Which means they write down their own lyrics or other lyrics to a song. This could also express them in a specific or different way. By writing down song lyrics may make someone feel as if they were in their happy place. Which also may be their happy place.

Another value writing could have in someone's life could just be taking notes or writing down memories. So, that way if they ever hear or find out something important they can write it down as a reminder or keep-safe. Many people enjoy writing about fun or exciting adventures or events they were involved in. They could also write these things down and put it safe inside a scrapbook just as a reminder to fun times.

In conclusion, I would just like to make it clear that I would love and enjoy to write regularly. Writing has helped me through many hard times when I needed to let some important information out. I believe everyone should write rather it's through a letter, writing down grocery list, or even a "out of order" sign to stick on the bathroom door. And I believe that only because writing is indeed a "get-away free card!"