"I write as someone whose undergraduate interest was equally divided between creative writing and literature and whose graduate degrees..."

"I personally feel the pull between literary studies and creative writing..."

"Writing fiction and the fiction writer is a different task (and a wonderful buddy) from reading period literature (period)..."

"If Anne Rice's son can write a novel, anyone can..."

"In some respects I believe that you are correct in your generalization that most undergraduate students do not spend a considerable amount of time studying literature..."

"Well, it is nice to encourage students to write their own fiction..."

"Creative writing gives students a wonderful way to appreciate literature better..."

"Students (especially undergraduate students) who have a desire and/or a need to write should absolutely be encouraged..."

"As a believer in the National Writing Project's motto, 'Read to Write,' I totally support creative writing as a valid critical and intellectual response to studying great literature..."

"A Working Writer's Thoughts on Teaching Writing: For me, Aristotle and seanachaidh (because I am a Gael) say it best: No story? No sale! ..."

"I would like to address 'growing student interest in creative writing' from a K-12 perspective. I don't think it is unique to higher education. In English or Language arts classes, K-12 teachers have young scholars read and examine literature..."

"A solid and well rounded undergraduate education is necessary for all students regardless of discipline. Now as for students writing their own literature and poetry instead of studying, I believe that both is necessary to produce a well rounded college grad..."

"I think this is a very interesting issue and I think the bottom line might be that undergraduates do not do as much reading in general. What scares me is the fact that, for several reasons, undergraduates are not held to the same standards of research or background understanding..."

"Responses to uncertainty in a postmodern world leads people to respond in a variety of ways to uncertainty and to the stresses that uncertainty causes in their lives. Frustration due to such polarization, has increased mutual distrust and has led to difficulties in appreciating and tolerating the responses of those with different worldviews or views of reality..".