/lit/ - Literature

>>13133229
>no Superfrog Saves Tokyo

>claims he's intelligent
>isn't protestant

>take creative writing for fun
>teacher is a big hippy
>"all writing is good!"
>"let your stories play across the page :DD"
>class consists of several near stereotypes
>whatever, write some regular stuff and try pretty hard
>story time where we share our works
>black girl volunteers to get share first
>The first line will stick into my memory forever :"'My mother's such a fucking cunt' the nigger said, as he shot up more heroin"
>teacher looks enthralled
>"It's so vivid, excellent story-telling!"
>Things go on in this manner until it's my turn
>I'm not a good writer but I write pretty competently imo
>"umm it's, well, all right anon"
>things go on in this manner for most of the semester
>prof. doesn't tell me what to improve upon but keeps giving me high Cs or low Bs
>fuck it, decide to write the edgiest shit I can for the 'personal essay' section
>write about history of suicide and drug use in my extended family in the trashiest way I can muster
>decline to share it from embarrassment
>comes back an A
>mfw
>finish with a B and this shitty elective class kept me from getting a 4.0 gpa
>genuinely ruined my love of writing

>>8473342
>just a bunch of history and hymn stuff which isn't really wisdom or spiritual worthy