Here, then, are six different reasons students are drawn to writing classes. Some students may be touched by only one, others by a combination. They lead to different types of creativity, but each can serve as a dynamic catalyst. 1. Partially conscious therapy: Of course the protagonist isn't really my father but .. . Such writers may be highly neurotic and aware of it, struggling perhaps with a vague angst. Or they may be relatively stable but working with a difficult personal problem: a separation, a rejection, a death in the family. Vague and ill-defined moods often take on the distortion and lack of co-

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