Part one of term paper
William Stafford wrote, “It has one justification: it occurs to me. No one else can guide me. I must follow my own weak, wandering, diffident impulses”. Through Stafford’s essay I discovered that creative writing is all about my own meandering thoughts and ideas and that what occurs to me is what matters most. In high school I became ...

Part two of term paper
... When I read Stafford’s essay on the writing process it was like he was speaking directly to me. Stafford uses a metaphor for fishing to explain the beginning of the writing process. You must be very patient when fishing. Sometimes there is a nibble right away and sometimes it takes a little longer. The second that you feel the nibble you must react in order to hook the fish. The writing process is just like this. The second an idea comes to mind you have to write it down but don’t sto ...