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Art of Writing

A Writer's Unexpected Emotional Journey

When I startedFairfield University's MFA in creative writing,
A Writer's Unexpected Emotional Journey
I was generally prepared for the workload, for possibly being the oldest student in the program, even for the financial responsibility. I wasn't prepared for the emotional journey. Fairfield's proximity to my home in Connecticut, the great friends I made on the first day and my company's reinstitution of tuition reimbursement all made for a great start. I even lightened my freelance workload to prepare for the many reading and writing assignments.

Yearning: An Impetus for Art

Fiction writers can improve their prose by removing analysisI may fight the parameters of the creative process set by Pulitzer Prize winnerRobert Olen Butler,author ofFrom Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction,but he does offer writers a way to go from craft to art.
 
Among Butler's observations this is pivotal — missing from most manuscripts is the sense of yearning. It may be more accurate to say that some form of desire, unexpressed or ill-expressed, may exist in many manuscripts, but falls short of art because it's depicted through the inartistic forms of abstraction, analysis, generalization, interpretation and summary.

For Joy's Sake: A Perspective on Art

Art is to be enjoyedIn considering art and the impetus for creating it, I came across this quote fromFrancis A. Schaeffer,from hiseleven perspectives on art.Here's the first perspective, and according to Schaeffer, the most important:
 
"A work of art has a value in itself. For some this principle may seem too obvious to mention, but for many Christians it is unthinkable. And yet if we miss this point, we miss the very essence of art. Art is not something we merely analyze or value for its intellectual content.

Rite of Passage: The Journey From Craft to Art

Writers who desire to go from craft to artPerhaps the most pressing question among writers I've talked with lately is how to go from craft to art. Within this question is much that's unspoken: I'd like to leave a legacy when I depart this earth; I'd like something to validate the struggle of being a writer who's largely invisible; I'd like to discover something that's never been done, some writing technique or style. Most of these longings reveal the desire for something outside one's self, something lasting.