Walwicz and Me

I was taken aback by the organization of ideas. It felt like I was inside the author's head while she was writing her essay. When I first read it, it seemed like she was writing down every thought that came to her mind — which I thought reflected in the line "I want to say what I say now." In addition, there was also a part where she quotes 3 different writers in the beginning, she suddenly makes the realization that she has only been stating what other writers have said, then she starts to question herself what message she wanted to relay. 

Walwicz's style of writing in this essay definitely fascinated me. This is probably the first time I've encountered fictocriticism, and the way that it's uniquely written piques my interest. If this essay was written straightforwardly, it probably would take her just one page to relay the message. However, it wouldn't be worth reading anymore if you stripped it of its uniqueness. Additionally, there was a line that said "Could I write like Hélène Cixous within a university? Hélène Cixous would fail here," which, for me, implied that a great writer like Cixous' work wouldn't meet the university's standard in creative writing just because her way of expressing creativity is dissimilar to what the university teaches.

I personally did not find anything disturbing from the essay, instead I was comforted. Basing on my own interpretation of Walwicz's essay, I also believe creativity does not and should not have a rule. One can teach how to write creatively, but the process of learning for each individual cannot be linear. Experience and feelings are crucial factors that can bring out a person's creativity, and those two factors, obviously, comes differently for each one of us. You can also notice it in the essay — the author was following the university's style of creative writing at first, but while she ponders if the essay is indeed creative, she begins to express herself, and describes how she feels about the university wanting to be creative.