tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-10:485552 quarrel quarrel 2011-01-30T03:08:27Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-10:485552:40361 2011-01-30T00:09:02Z 2011-01-30T03:08:27Z shocked public 0 <blockquote>Then, finally, what we need to stress in teaching composition is not creative writing, but good writing. I do not believe in creative writing. I think more harm has been done in the name of creative writing the past generation than in any other way in our culture. It has encouraged anarchy of mind and anarchy in composition. I very early realized when I was a student that these were courses to stay away from. I recognized the students who had potentiality as good writers were very quickly spoiled by such courses. Man cannot think creatively. Creativity is an attribute of God. God, alone, is Creator. God, alone, can bring something out of nothing. Man's thinking is not intended to be creative, but intelligent.</blockquote> -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rousas_John_Rushdoony">R.J. Rushdoony</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=quarrel&ditemid=40361" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments