Since the beginning of the school  year, I have been thinking a great deal about Advanced Creative Writing class. Although I am a Creative Writing minor, there is a part of me that cannot wrap my mind around the concept that there is an aspect of non-fictional writing that can be associated with creative writing.  Specifically speaking, I cannot grasp the concept that essay writing is a form of creative writing.  To me, these two are extremely different forms of writing. On one hand we have the stereotypical aspect of essay writing that is normally nonfiction or is mostly nonfiction with fictional aspects.  On the other hand we have pure poetry which is, in my opinion mostly what I am used to doing.  Although I see the validity and importance of both forms of writing, I cannot help but feel as though one seems to deem itself to be more truer than the other.  Essay, to me, seems to hold its place within more academically required work and does not have a place, for the most part, within creative writing.  Poetry, on that same note, follows this same guideline with the exception of per say a Creative Writing course.  And, on that note, before I delve deeper into the subject, I will end this blog for now.

PS: The Poetry Slam from before Spring Break was a great hit.  The Walsh chapter of the Black Student Union had a great turnout and we are all looking forward to collaborating with other university organizations, namely the Sigma Tau Delta, in order to coordinate another poetry reading.