tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post8484384283394121370..comments2023-12-16T02:44:20.427-06:00Comments on Reginald Shepherd's Blog: What Is Creative Writing For?Reginald Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965170916626482963noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-76609826706934982172010-12-15T23:20:45.590-06:002010-12-15T23:20:45.590-06:00徵信社
徵信<a href="http://www.find007.com.tw" rel="nofollow">徵信社</a><br /><a href="http://www.find007.com.tw" rel="nofollow">徵信</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-28019033099541022212007-03-15T15:53:00.000-06:002007-03-15T15:53:00.000-06:00Hi,When your piece does appear in print on creativ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>When your piece does appear in print on creative writing pedagogy, please post the magazine and issue number so I could purchase it.<BR/><BR/>Steve FellnerSteve Fellnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181155226508233319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-46381119906108248662007-03-13T14:25:00.000-06:002007-03-13T14:25:00.000-06:00I appreciate the comments on this post. George, I ...I appreciate the comments on this post. George, I do think that creative writing is very different in England than here, perhaps because it's less pervasive. There is too often in America a divide between reading and writing; there is much lamenting over this chasm, but little is done to correct it. I do agree tht creative writing at its best can be a way of understanding literature from inside, as a living practice, but creative writing students tend to resist reading and thinking about what they've read. Your exercise in pronoun shifting sounds fascinating, just the sort of thing to take students out of themselves and get them to think about just what "expression" is, what utterances are.<BR/><BR/>Sucio, there is a link for my email address on my blog (I just put it up a few days ago). My address is rshepherd@worldnet.att.net. I'd be happy to address your question in a personal communication. I will say now that I did indeed come to Pensacola, not a place I would ever have imagined living, with and because of my partner.<BR/><BR/>Steve, I'm quite familiar with the situation you write of. Unfortunately, students rarely take anything out of a real passion for it, even creative writing. I often get the feeling that for them passion is a bit gauche or tacky: it's uncool. But I do think that a lot of them want to express themselves in some authentic way they find unavailable in the rest of their lives. They're just not yet able to distinguish self-expression from writing, or to recognize that any effective or valid expression, self or otherwise, can only occur through writing as a practice, a craft and an art. That's the direction in which I try to lead them: the road to self-expression is a long and winding one, and they might find more interesting places along the way. I like your characterization of students as taking creative writing because they perceive it as easy but still in proximity to books, so they don't feel too bad about it. I try to sneak in as much book-learning as I can. They often absorb a lot of it despite themselves.<BR/><BR/>Andrew, the longer piece from which this is drawn has not yet been published, though I've been trying. I'd be happy to send you a copy of the whole thing if you'd like.Reginald Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965170916626482963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-45699576278214249792007-03-13T13:06:00.000-06:002007-03-13T13:06:00.000-06:00Reginald, you say this is from a longer piece on t...Reginald, you say this is from a longer piece on the teaching of creative writing. Is it one that you have published somewhere?<BR/><BR/>(What a pleasant surprise to see George mention me in the comments! I'm delighted to have been a middleman in this case.)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-69194875800608866762007-03-12T13:36:00.000-06:002007-03-12T13:36:00.000-06:00Ah, great, I was just getting over being mad about...Ah, great, I was just getting over being mad about the whole John Barr thing, and now I get this debate. Hmm. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure I can link it to John Barr, just give me some time with google.John Gallaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112997671155171626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-14742212155106325432007-03-12T10:33:00.000-06:002007-03-12T10:33:00.000-06:00Hi,I just want to say that I enjoy your blog: it's...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I just want to say that I enjoy your blog: it's one of the rare places on the web I can see a generous and sustained discussion of issues.<BR/><BR/>I want to address your post about why studnts major in creative writing. I teach at SUNY Brockport, largely a teaching college, where students who major in English can choose between the literature and creative writing track. THe majority of students choose creative writing where they take anumber of creative writing classes in leiu of literature classes.<BR/><BR/>Why do these students mahor in creative writing? They don't want to read and be held accountable for difficult material, or atleast material more difficult than their peers' texts. They know that even in a workshop where a large amoung of reading is demanded (as mine are), the class wil ultimately settle in a workshop format that often will no tmake them be quiized or tested on literature.<BR/><BR/>I personally wish more students majored in creative wriitng because they wanted passionately to write about themselves and their lives. At least thye hve drive adn that's something you can work with as a teacher.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of students major in creative wriitng at the undergraduate level because it's "easier" than literature, but it's in close enough proximity to books they don't feel that bad about it.<BR/><BR/>With much respect,<BR/>Steve FellnerSteve Fellnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181155226508233319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014415529871703586.post-8170431453594783882007-03-12T10:03:00.000-06:002007-03-12T10:03:00.000-06:00Dear Professor:Thank you for this post and for you...Dear Professor:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this post and for your comment on Josh Corey's blog. When I was at Brown I always wanted to study with you. Would you please tell me why you left. All of a sudden, it seemed you were gone. I assumed that you left to be with your partner (which is a very good thing because love is the last vestige of protection in so many ways in this world). If this is too personal of a question, please forgive me. I would have asked in an email but I don't see it advertised anywhere. I'm not a poet or a creative writer but I do write poems every summer for some reason. Going to buy your new book. I didn't even know you had a blog before reading Josh's blog. I'm now an MFA in creative nonfiction student.<BR/><BR/>M.S.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293669018313307965noreply@blogger.com