*Why do you write?

*What kind of writing are you interested in, specifically? What do you read/ who are your influences?

*What caught your eye about Butler’s program/ what are you excited about?

Brainstorming:

• Our electives include screenwriting, young adult fiction, literary editing, publishing, and teaching creative writing. (I’m interested in combining my passion for nonfiction with the offered electives)
• You’ll have opportunities to edit content for our literary magazine or small press, have coffee or a meal with guests of the Visiting Writers Series, and work with top-flight, full-time faculty (want to work for literary magazine) (Visiting Writers Series)
• Focus on Service!
• In the past 10 years, medical professionals and clinicians have recognized the therapeutic value of creative writing. A discipline once practiced only in college classrooms with a singular goal of publication in top-flight literary journals or academic presses, creative writing is now recognized as a tool for healing, maintaining wellness, and expressing the buried memories of trauma. (As someone who has spent the majority of their life writing through trauma…)