Although I think I'm actually feeling a bit of homesickness, if only because my friend's baby is growing up way too fast and I miss her. I want to know my best friends' children, you know? I sure as hell don't miss Miami in the summer though. :)
If you have some talent, or some gimmick or fit some niche, you'll get published. No MFA program or studying or writer's retreat will help if you don't have the goods, or your goods aren't good enough.
But I think if you get into the graduate program or writing workshop, it's evident that you have the talent. Everybody who likes to write has to have some smidgen of writing ability, you just have to take the classes to learn how to bring it out.
And yeah, it's harder to get published if you're submitting stuff to a magazine or literary journal. But you can start small, and *then* work your way to the New Yorker or Esquire... :)
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Although I think I'm actually feeling a bit of homesickness, if only because my friend's baby is growing up way too fast and I miss her. I want to know my best friends' children, you know? I sure as hell don't miss Miami in the summer though. :)
If you have some talent, or some gimmick or fit some niche, you'll get published. No MFA program or studying or writer's retreat will help if you don't have the goods, or your goods aren't good enough.
But I think if you get into the graduate program or writing workshop, it's evident that you have the talent. Everybody who likes to write has to have some smidgen of writing ability, you just have to take the classes to learn how to bring it out.
And yeah, it's harder to get published if you're submitting stuff to a magazine or literary journal. But you can start small, and *then* work your way to the New Yorker or Esquire... :)
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