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Bartholomae

The impromptu essay on creativity that I wrote is writer based and offers advice rather than analyzing the aspects of creativity. Bartholomae would call my essay a work of the "basic writer". It has many characteristics similar to that of the jazz ensemble essay that Bartholomae analyzed and discussed.
The essay in a whole takes on the role of a parent or a preacher, attempting to give advice instead of analyzing.
It is very rare that I feel I am doing something that is truly creative. I often avoid it to seemingly make things less difficult. This doesn't even make sense when I think about it, because creativity doesn't require much effort at all. One of my more recent brushes with creativity occurred after not sleeping for three consecutive days. After the third day of being unable to sleep, I decided to sit in bed and type. I typed whatever came to my mind and did not leave that spot, aside from getting myself some water, for eight hours. I wrote mainly short stories......


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