Creative writing classes

travors:

I’m intrigued. Why go to one? The person who teaches the class has obviously failed as a creative writer, or they wouldn’t need a job teaching a creative writing class.

I’d have to disagree. The creative writing classes I took in college were mostly taught by published authors and the MFA program was ran by an author who won the Booker Prize twice. However, “why go to one” is a valid question. Will it improve your writing to Pulitzer standards? Probably not. Personally, I used them more as a venue to get a lot of peer review/criticism and a means to give myself actual deadlines.

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  1. phillip reblogged this from travors and added:
    creative writing classes I took in college were mostly taught by published authors and the MFA program was ran by an...
  2. dailymeh said: Obviously, every X teacher is really a failed X. No one who knows anything about X-ing would ever teach others about X. Too cool 4 school, etc.
  3. maybejustified reblogged this from travors and added:
    writing program. Then published authors would teach your writing classes because it’s hard to make
  4. berezina said: Not really a valid premise. There are some terrific writers who teach. Lorrie Moore, for example.
  5. mightyflynn said: obviously.
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