The purpose of this essay is to integrate the photographic process with creative writing. At first glance, you might think that the two mediums don't have much in common. However, upon closer inspection, we quickly discover that this is not entirely the case. Photography plays a vast and diverse role in creative writing. When I first sat down to write this article, I was focused on the other prompt. After a few days of flipping through various photographers and their works, option B was still tormenting me. In the back of my mind, I kept thinking about how photography could be useful in the world of creative writing, my specialty. I first thought of the cover. Many covers are not pictorial in nature, most are now digital, but some covers typically use scenic nature scenes or are closely related to films. These novels feature star portraits or action sequences from the film on the cover. Another fairly common practice in which photographs appear as book covers concerns the genre of autobiography. Biographies usually feature the smiling face of the person the book is about, in what can only be considered a creepy cross between a mug shot and a campaign photo. Therefore, I had now destroyed my initial thesis that photography and creative writing were incompatible or at least distinct mediums that could not benefit from the inclusion of the other. Now seeing how deep the connection was seemed like a reasonable next step. Thinking about autobiographies and photographs led me to the following connection between the two mediums. Although I have never seen a fiction novel with a photo at the center, which is not the case with non-fiction in general, this is especially true in ...... middle of paper . ..... with that of Frank Gohlke. image.(Gohlke) The process is that simple and effective. It is possible, using this process and just a little imagination, for anyone, regardless of their writing skill level, to create entire scenes in just a few moments. In conclusion, it becomes clear that photography and creative writing are indeed very closely related. Whether on the cover or between the pages of a book, or embedded on a website, or used to raise awareness, or even simply as an invitation to write on a stormy Sunday afternoon, photography has become an integral part of creative writing and the future.Works Cited1. Beevor Antony, Stalingrad - Viking Press 19982. “Ranger Rick.” National Wildlife Federation, 1996. Web. December 4, 2011. .3. “Grain Elevator Demolition” by Frank Gohlke – Midway Area – Minneapolis, Minnesota 1977.