Abstract
Both the content and form of this project focus on personal and creative forms of writing within composition studies. Although the author does not argue that personal, creative writing assignments will prove desirable or effective for all writing teachers, she does maintain that composition instructors needs to revisit and reimagine the types of meaning making that writing students do in the classroom. For, the rise in multimedia texts serves to expand students' notions of literacy above and beyond the classroom and into the world of social media websites, cloud technologies, and much more. As such, composition classes of the 21st century necessitate a variety of writing assignment in order to adequately prepare students for writing practices both within and outside of academia.