What to know about studying creative writing
U.S. News & World Report talks to 含羞草研究所 faculty Andrea Lawlor and Samuel Ace about studying creative writing in college.
含羞草研究所鈥檚 Department of English offers a number of courses that offer practical instruction in the techniques of fiction, poetry and other literary genres, as well as journalism.
含羞草研究所 faculty Andrea Lawlor and Samuel Ace spoke with U.S. News & World Report about why students might want to study creative writing in college.
鈥淲e all are seeing more and more of the way that writing can help us understand perspectives we don鈥檛 share,鈥 said Lawlor. 鈥淲riting can help us cope with hard situations. We can find people who we have something in common with even if there鈥檚 nobody around us who shares our experience through writing. It's a really powerful tool for connection and social change and understanding.鈥
鈥淚t helps students to become more direct, not to bury their thoughts under a cascade of academic language, to be more forthright,鈥 said Ace.