From: mdhangton@gmail.com

On Saturday, June 14, 2014 12:18:21 PM UTC-4, bre...@sff.net wrote:
> On 6/14/2014 11:40 AM, mumble wrote:
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> > Yes, a creative writing course can only amount to some kind of
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> > introduction, but the author-blurb I'm referring to said that she had
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> > taken a *degree* in "Creative Writing". I didn't realize there were
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> > colleges with full degree programs in Creative Writing, but apparently
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> > the world moves on whether we're watching it or not. I can imagine a
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> > four-year program that would go a great distance toward teaching someone
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> > to be a writer of merit.
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> A degree in Creative Writing is usually combined with a degree in
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> English -- I have one. IMO if you actually want to write fiction for the
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> commercial market you should not waste your time and money on a creative
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> writing degree. Better to get one in botany or systems engineering or
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> nuclear physics. Then you h ave something to underpin your SF.
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I dunno.  I was a science major, and about the only enduring skill I learned
was how to look things up.

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