oh woe is me

[theropicus]

World Domination Status: I SLEEP ON JOOOOOOOOO.

Oh man, I've just been so tired today. And I got 7 hours of sleep! Something seriously wrong with that, I think.

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[re_white]

You weren't admitted to the class because the professor is in all likely hood a pompous asshole. I'm sure that networking had more to do with the applicant process than the written submission, and this, in conjunction with asshatery, meant you didn't get in.

I will admit, I haven't taken alot of college level writing classes or ever tried to get into the sort of class you wanted. I have, however taken a couple of hoity-toity work shops on campus when I was in high school, and there was my stint previous quarter in Eng 101, Bible Lit. and the offer I got to work in the Writing Center; I gained alot of disillusionment and insight about how things really work and it has accumulated into the unpleasant reality that alot of those elite programs we want to join aren't always using merit as the standard.

My stance on the prestige that comes with getting into a writing class is that it's rarely worth the hype associated with getting in. I know people who've been accepted into those sorts creative writing classes and come out with no more skill than a trip through ff.net would garner. The truth is, you don't need to take those classes to be a better writer. You want to write better, read.

Read everything, and write.

No professor, no matter how unbiased and skilled, can look you over, wave a wand and make you a better writer. No one can look at your manuscript, stab it with a red pen, hand it back, and vola, all your writing faults are glossed over, as if all you needed was someone to tell you the rules and wham, *now* you can play the game. It doesn't work that way. The best any professor can do is give you perspective, lend you a trick, throw tips at you and wait to see what sticks.

Don't let this get you down and don't let it convince you that you should just give it up - fuck'em, Mandy.

[theropicus]

Oh, I never expected to come out a better writer because of it. I just figured it would be more fun than Shakespeare, and also it would be nice to know what college profs want in a fiction short story. Specifically, whether fantasy and sf are still Not Literature.