Without the help of the school, the students' task was overwhelming. The Sixth Season staff consisted of only about six people. As important as the class is to the English department, Creative Writing will sadly follow in The Fifth SeasonUs footsteps. Next year, Creative Writing will no longer be an offered elective at Marian. Lots of girls think they have to take more demanding classes to prepare them for college, but they will probably have to retake most of it in college anyway.
Creative writing is truly a unique form of art and there are numerous showcases for such work.
While some people write in journals or do very personal work, other artists feel the need to publish their work. For the latter, coffee shops with open-mic nights, songwriting contests, poetry readings, literary magazines and story collections might be right up their alley. Though Marian doesnUt have direct access to many of these services, they are incredibly easy to find. On the web alone there are hundreds of magazines that encourage people to submit work, and many of them will even offer payment. Senior Briana Villafuerte is currently taking Marian's creative writing class and has been submitting to online poetry compilations since her eighth grade year.