An Expert’s Perspective on the Significance of Creative Writing
October 31, 2025 2025-11-02 8:30An Expert’s Perspective on the Significance of Creative Writing
By Noah Coss
Writing is the most important niche thing that there is. There are so many valuable things and benefits that can come out of writing anything that you are never wasting your time. A class that really expands on that is the Dramatic Writing course taught by one of our English teachers, Mr. Custar, who describes it as “a honors level English class that also earns students fine art elective credit, and the broad picture of the class is writing, reading, research, presentation style literature.” But after mentioning this course again and again, why does it matter (outside student enjoyment?)
First of all, stories are extremely important because of their ability to connect with audiences by communicating complex ideas in simple ways. Mr. Custar wholeheartedly agreed saying “It is my strongly held professional and personal belief that effective storytelling is among the most important hallmarks of humanity.” Storytelling and creativity is a staple in the identities of many, however, the issues lies in that story telling and creative writing aren’t things that get explored by a curriculum like other creative courses.
“The unique nature of our school, I think, with heavy focus on STEM and creativity through making engineering products or computer codes… I think there’s a lack of that same kind of creative focus in the core classes as presented. Where in a traditional English class, you might find yourself being encouraged to do creative writing as one option at one point in time.” – Mr. Custar
If a student is writing something for a normal literature class it will most likely be for a specific assignment and purpose. In courses like these, students conduct research, write papers, construct presentations, and put together points and arguments that come from the subject they are leaning in that unit. This is the point of English Language Arts coursework, which is to train a student’s ability to communicate through writing. However, we just do not want to do that. Obviously because students prefer personal projects over academic ones, but Mr. Custar makes a good point about this from a writers standpoint.
“Oftentimes, writing is used to evaluate understanding of concept, but in creative writing, you’re writing for its own sake and then evaluating that writing based on its own strengths. It’s a creative outlet.” – Mr. Custar
This is why Dramatic Writing is so important as a class, because it is that creative outlet that lets students focus on the stories that they want to tell and write about. Academic works can come from the heart and form from passionate subjects, but it’s different for the stories that come from the creative minds of writers because that work is personal to them. “I feel like a lot of students are drawn to this course because they have a deep love for like a very specific thing, right?” Mr. Custar explained, “Whether it’s like Quentin Tarantino movies or anime TV shows, and we have students who are in these sort of like channels.”
But lets say you’re trying to develop a story but you just don’t know anything about it yet. Even if you are super passionate about a subject and desperately want to write about it, you still have to get past staring at a blank page. A lot of times, getting started is the hardest part because many start from the ground up and are constantly searching for inspiration but can find anything. Mr. Custar offers the idea of “consuming widely and being careful to not write anything all the way off or overly celebrate anything all the way without being critical of it. I think that’s the best way to learn what’s out there so that you can learn what you could add to it or take from it.”
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But even though developing original stories can be very difficult, it could lead to something so much more interesting than a rehash or continuation of something from over twenty years ago. “Like the idea that there is an eighth Mission Impossible, instead of giving every graduate from Tisch a million dollars to make their own indie [film],” Mr. Custar explained, “I think we’re missing what could be a cultural renaissance if we could get more minimal.” The fact that this is even a concept sounds enticing because anyone can write, film, and/or edit anything with enough determination and commitment especially if you end up with the right opportunity.
Those opportunities can come from places like the Dramatic Writing course or any setting that prioritizes creativity and meaningful writing. By taking this class, you immerse yourself in an environment that is guaranteed to help you build the necessary skills to become confrontable, confident, and successful as a creative. Your goal isn’t to change or improve the world but to improve yourself, and maybe your ideas will change the world in some way. You’ll never know unless you jump into that magical place that’s not about formulas, codes, and measurements, but stories, heart, and pure creativity.
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