Hello, Creative Writers!

Can we really enhance our creativity?  My reading convinces me that all of us could be more creative if we would do three ordinary things: eat healthfully, exercise regularly, and get adequate sleep.  Of course, as we’ve read in class, there are other strategies worth trying.  

Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., associate professor of education and psychology at Washington University, has written a book on the subject, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation.  According to Sawyer, “Collaboration is key.”  Hey, you’re already collaborating as members of writers’ response groups—writing teams.  To read more about Sawyer’s research, click on “Time Interview” in the Creativity category to your right. 

By now you should be well into your creativity commitment strategies(creativity-commitment.pdf). Post here to describe your progress and to interact with each other. How is the effort going?  Are you enjoying the strategies?  Any benefits so far?

Use your first name and last initial only and fill the comment box. 

Each April the Fruitport High School English Department sponsors a National Poetry Month Writing Contest.  Again this year, through the generosity of FHS teachers, we awarded cash prizes.  Congratulations to the winners:  1st Place, senior Holly Anderson; 2nd Place, senior Arynn Curtis; and 3rd Place, junior Justine Turner.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Read their impressive poems by clicking on the following attachment. Feel free to send good wishes to the winners, Fruitport community. They would love it. Enjoy!  WINNERS: FHS English Department Poetry Contest