This Course will answer the age-old question students ask, Why Write? In the course students will be introduced to academic writing as well as creative writing. Students will learn why communication through writing is so important and how to make it fun. The course is designed to give students the skills and confidence they will need to take on any writing assignment and produce well developed essays and dynamic creative writing stories. Through class discussions, assigned reading, writing exercises, and story development students will complete the course with a portfolio of completed work that they can be proud of.