Self-Exploration in Creative Writing

“For this additional burden we had no additional help”: First-year composition and writing program administration at Iowa State from 1869 to 1939

“…She wrote three articles in this period on FYC creative writing. The first discussed the motivational benefits of expressing emotions in FYC writing (Hogrefe, 1933), the second explored creative writing as possible anti-propaganda training in FYC (Hogrefe, 1940a), and the third extolled the virtues of creative non-fiction in the FYC classroom (Hogrefe, 1940b). In her articles, Hogrefe freely discussed the ISC context as a creative opportunity rather than a frustration, and she quoted from scientists and science organizations.…”