"So What's Your Story"
Gilmore Chapter #7

I like the way Gilmore expresses the differences in creative writing and research writing. They are like two different countries: the United States and China. Both are countries but both have their differences on how the country is ran and the government and economies are developed. This analogy is good for research writing and creative writing. Both are forms of literature, but how they are developed and the criteria for both are completly different.
I am definitly a better creative writer than I am a research writier, which sucks because I am a history major and all I do is write research papers. But, I actually enjoy writing creativly and I love researching, but I do not like writing about the research to the way WMU history department wants me to.
I don't know if i had mentioned this before, but my mentor teacher's teaching philosophy is amazing when it comes to reading and writing, and it compares to Gilmore's very nicely. Gilmore says that we had better make writing fun because, in turn, it will make students better at reading and writing. My mentor teacher explained to me that the hardest part for teachers when reading a book for class, is to keep the students engaged until the climax, because once they reach the climax of the book they are hooked and most likely will be motivated to read. However, he said if in your cirriculum there is a book to read and you find it boring and think it will not fit your class, DO NOT HAVE THEM READ IT! He said once you force them to read or write something that is boring, you kill reading and writing.