tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post7444014278351221373..comments2024-03-29T04:57:54.169-07:00Comments on The Vincent Zandri Vox: The Worst Writing/Publishing Advice I Ever Did GetVincent Zandrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-74973914708859462422013-06-02T19:16:34.609-07:002013-06-02T19:16:34.609-07:00I agree on you that you need an MFA in Writing is ...I agree on you that you need an MFA in Writing is an awful advice. You really don’t need it to write yourself any paper, whether it is a novel, <a href="http://thesishelpdesk.com/" rel="nofollow">thesis</a>, dissertation, or even a simple school term paper. You can write well, as long as you know what you are doing. Just be prepare and plan things in advance so that you won’t encounter problems in the future.Linda Bassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-4840807591504874472012-06-26T06:09:04.084-07:002012-06-26T06:09:04.084-07:00Lot of bullshit perpetuated by MFAs, I can see. Ho...Lot of bullshit perpetuated by MFAs, I can see. Hopefully the democratization of the medium eBooks is bringing will make this kind of stupid elitism obsolete.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483490020980574428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-36537542261898077632012-06-25T18:17:16.613-07:002012-06-25T18:17:16.613-07:00Kate, Don't worry, you are feared by the MFA f...Kate, Don't worry, you are feared by the MFA faculty. Stay far away and write and be famous, which is where you're heading...No MFA prod ever liked another author who actually writes and published all the time...<br />VVincent Zandrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-3142287138832734172012-06-25T15:39:46.939-07:002012-06-25T15:39:46.939-07:00Doug, both your replies came through...well done.....Doug, both your replies came through...well done...True that we can't all make a living, and I've been in that place many times. It's just that, if I had concentrated on "writing on the side" I wouldn't have put in the required hours...<br />VVincent Zandrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-8909365139020391492012-06-25T15:27:05.685-07:002012-06-25T15:27:05.685-07:00This reply section is really messed up. My entire...This reply section is really messed up. My entire post just disappeared into the ether.Doug Dandridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612173032450518089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-6724924624716763282012-06-25T15:25:45.334-07:002012-06-25T15:25:45.334-07:00I agree almost one hundred percent with you, with ...I agree almost one hundred percent with you, with the exception of your rub on writing while also engaging in the family business. Many of us can't afford to write full time, it's kind of hard to set up the computer under a bridge and steal electricity. That said, most MFA graduates and teachers seem to live in a fantasy world, though they don't write fantasy. They seem to feel that only "literary fiction" is good, even if most people don't want to read literary fiction. Most good science fiction is written by people with some background in science, fantasy by people with a love of mythology and history, technothrillers by people with a military or intelligence background, and on and on. And many don't even have a formal education in these areas, they learn them on their own time.Doug Dandridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612173032450518089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-85197718008758086922012-06-25T13:53:32.768-07:002012-06-25T13:53:32.768-07:00I'm sensing a theme here...
My college has ad...I'm sensing a theme here...<br /><br />My college has added an MFA program in Creative Writing -- funny, it happened the year I've been away. Actually not so funny, because I fought hard against it. Sigh. Because the world needs more preshus snowflakes, I guess.<br /><br />Don't worry, I won't have to teach in it. Despite out-publishing my <i>entire</i> department in both fiction and non-fiction, I am not considered "writing" faculty. Heaven forfend someone like me should teach those students anything. I might do something reckless like suggest they [gasp!] tell a story. And have characters that aren't privileged white suburbanites -- aw, but that's fantasy, right?K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-84466485994444248662012-06-25T13:49:26.338-07:002012-06-25T13:49:26.338-07:00Bad ass. Well done.Bad ass. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-45266558411980685892012-06-25T12:04:02.832-07:002012-06-25T12:04:02.832-07:00Awesome post. And so damn true. :)Awesome post. And so damn true. :)Mina Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483363743530076604noreply@blogger.com