So, I got into an MFA creative writing program. For a year and half before this I wrote and edited like an insane person, read books about programs, visited websites that told me how slim of a chance it was that I would get into any programs at all. I don’t know where all of these scare tactics came from, but there are a lot of them out there. That attitude of exclusivity is a major turn-off to me about the writing world.
So I’m in, right? Where are the streamers and dancing girls? Now I’m bombarded by messages that MFA programs won’t get me a job, even though from what I can tell it can be just as hard to get a spot in one of the good programs as to get into a decent medical school (or harder).
I don’t need a 400k/year job. Just a little charm. And just moving to a bigger place and trying something new has brought back quite a bit of it already.
