@article{Monthie_2020, title={Defense of the Defensive Writer: A Therapeutic and Relational Approach to Workshop}, volume={17}, url={https://youngscholarsinwriting.org/index.php/ysiw/article/view/302}, abstractNote={<p>Emerging from a thesis seeking to characterize the undergraduate creative writing workshop experience, this article identifies the reasons for defensive behaviors in workshop through the use of Relational-Cultural Theory, a therapeutic model that posits how we grow through our relationships with one another. An analysis of eight in-depth interviews alongside my own experience are used to examine how and why individuals in creative writing workshops reject feedback, even when they want to grow as writers.</p&gt;}, journal={Young Scholars in Writing}, author={MonthieKathryn Claire}, year={2020}, month={Jan.}, pages={74-88} }