Text-Set Example Ms. Scott

Theme Writing is not merely a hobby or a profession, but a creative outlet that true storytellers are compelled to use to its fullest extent.

Stephen King: writing as a compulsion and an addiction Book #1: On Writing Stephen King: writing as a compulsion and an addiction

Article #1: What Is Stephen King Trying To Prove? “Stephen King is addicted to writing. It isn't a matter of liking to write or even loving it. He needs it…”

Book #2: Catcher In the Rye J. D. Salinger: writing about the dangers of writing

Article #2: 'Rebel in the Rye': A rarely seen side of 'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger Holden told us everything (kind of) and Salinger told us nothing

Louisa May Alcott: writing as an escape and a means of reanimation Book #3: Little Women Louisa May Alcott: writing as an escape and a means of reanimation

Article #3: Who was Louisa May Alcott and what is her famous book Little Women about? Wrote for money – but also for the fame

Poem: 340 by Emily Dickinson I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading - treading - till it seemed That Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum - Kept beating - beating - till I thought My mind was going numb - And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space - began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down - And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing - then -

Poem Analysis Written by a poet who felt compelled to write Never published Told sister to burn poems About an epiphany - brought about by writing Morbidly serious tone