Comments | paperbagqueen: Some parents just confound/infuriate me!!!

paperbagqueen

Some parents just confound/infuriate me!!!

Jul 22, 2009 00:55

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daytimetrauma July 22 2009, 06:38:41 UTC

As an aspiring writer (pursuing TV writing might be considering getting an MFA in creative fiction) myself I'm offended. lol. And also very appreciative that I'm 24 and my parents are supportive of what I want to do. Granted so few writers are able to make a living at it, it is still definitely worth pursuing. An admirable "hobby". Reading and knowing how to write well can never be useless.

Ridiculous. I hope if I have children I can encourage them to be what ever they want to be. Even if it's being a dolphin trainer. If not when they are kids then when? Besides interests change a million times before on reaches adulthood.

paperbagqueen July 22 2009, 14:34:00 UTC

That's exactly what I was telling Gia the other day. I was telling her that whatever job she gets, she's likely to need to be able to write, at least, fairly well in it and if all she does with the writing skills she learns now is write memos, emails, letters, etc. well later on, then she's learned a valuable thing from writing fiction- the mechanics of good writing.

The way I see it, at her age, there are much worse things she could be doing with her time than sticking her nose in a book/to the keyboard, and keeping it clean.

IMO, and MFA would certainly be worth the time if you're interested and have the means to do it! I'm one of those that firmly believes that you can never get too much education.

daytimetrauma July 22 2009, 15:38:10 UTC

At this point in time I've decided on pursuing the TV writing path, and I don't need an MFA for that. I am taking screenwriting classes at UCLA, but if I went to get an MFA it would really be to give me time, to not work and just work on creative writing. So I've put that idea aside, as amazing an experience that would be it's incredibly expensive, and I'm not sure I'm ready to go back to school full time.

I'm still astonished that those parents would want her to be doing safe and legal. What would be better making friends with older boys and take up a hobby of breaking and entering? While I was growing up I rode horses, my parents were very supportive of that because it always kept me out of trouble. If I had to be up the next morning at 5 to go to a horse show there was no way I'd be out getting into trouble.

paperbagqueen July 22 2009, 17:37:40 UTC

Any kind of masters degree is a quite a big undertaking from what I understand. I'm still working on my BS and it's the undertaking of a lifetime, but if I had it to redo again, I would still be doing the same thing in the same way. Being able to recognize the pros and cons of getting an MFA right now, and knowing if you're ready to do that or not, is impressive. I've run across people who are going after a masters or higher up and they're totally daunted by the overwhelmingness of it all and don't want to do it any more. The more I get into my education, the happier I am that I took 10yrs after graduating HS to get my graduate degree from the school of life. I'd already gotten my undergrad from the school of hard knocks at that point. :\ That decade did a lot of good for me. Helped me grow up, prioritize things, realize that it's not always all about me, etc ( ... )

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paperbagqueen July 22 2009, 14:22:42 UTC

It sounds, to me, as if they would find that to be more productive and like it was worth it to them. My parents don't read my fictions either, and they don't need to. All they've ever needed to know was that I was doing something that was a)interesting b)legal and c)not self destructive! I'm almost 30 and I just figured out what I want to do not long ago myself! When I was 13, I couldn't see past being 16 and driving, let alone to what I wanted to be doing in ten years!

I don't think I've ever met a 13 year old that does know.

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paperbagqueen July 22 2009, 17:06:43 UTC

I've changed my dream job many times too! I've wanted to be a vet, do something in law, a librarian, a teacher, a nurse, an obstetrician, a stay-at-home mom, a wife, a psychologist, etc. It really wasn't until I was 24 and leaving a hospital with my first child that it really started to cement in me what I wanted to do with my life ( ... )

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