{"id":82,"date":"2022-01-20T10:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/?p=82"},"modified":"2022-03-10T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T01:44:42","slug":"grad-school-for-creative-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/2022\/01\/20\/grad-school-for-creative-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad School for Creative Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XFAQo7Q3nyM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>This event took place on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you need an MFA in Creative Writing in order to be a writer? What about a PhD? When is the right time to pursue the degree-\u2013right after college or a few years later? Learn the answers to these questions and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Takeaway Resources<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/people\/lauren-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Cross<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/people\/silas-hansen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silas Hansen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/people\/paige-waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paige Waters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/ballstate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/cday_bsu_edu\/EU0hvoIK1ehCr2sPZPa59MgBTAQcfMI_QLNZ8LTpbRhYrA?e=OFwrtn\"><strong>Link to pdf of presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why go to graduate school?\u00a0What is graduate school? How is it different from college?\u00a0Where to go? Whether to go?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Georgia State Blog,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.gsu.edu\/workshop\/2015\/12\/01\/advice-for-anyone-considering-a-graduate-degree-in-creative-writing\/\">Advice for Anyone Considering a Graduate Degree in Creative Writing<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, NYTimes,<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/12\/education\/edlife\/12edl-12mfa.html\">Why Writers Love to Hate the MFA<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brian Rowe, Medium,<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/read-watch-write-repeat\/5-bad-reasons-to-pursue-an-mfa-in-creative-writing-1aef80be89a\">Five Bad Reasons to Pursue an MFA in Creative Writing<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Degrees:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Non-terminal degrees (MA) and Terminal degrees (MFA and PhD)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/graduate-school\/accelerated-masters-program\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Accelerated Master\u2019s Program at Ball State<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">MA programs\u00a0in Creative Writing:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/academic-programs\/masters\/creative-writing\">Ball State<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0others\u00a0in US and UK\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newpages.com\/itemlist\/filter?searchword228=MA&amp;moduleId=738&amp;Itemid=260\">via New Pages<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">MFA programs in Creative Writing\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newpages.com\/itemlist\/filter?searchword228=MFA&amp;moduleId=738&amp;Itemid=260\">via New Pages<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">PhD programs in Creative Writing and\/or English via\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newpages.com\/itemlist\/filter?searchword228=PhD&amp;moduleId=738&amp;Itemid=260\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">New Pages<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Types<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Residential and Low-res programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cathy Day and Jill Christman,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/05\/26\/low-res-high-motivation-an-interview-with-jill-christman-part-one-by-cathy-day\/\">Low-Res, High Motivation, Ball State English Blog<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Timing:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0When you should go (different schools of thought)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Princeton Review,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/grad-school-advice\/should-you-go-to-grad-school-right-after-undergrad\">Should\u00a0you go to grad school right after undergrad?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Researching\u00a0MA, MFA, and PhD\u00a0Programs<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Poets and Writers<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.org\/content\/mfa_in_mind_twenty_questions_to_ask_before_applying\">Twenty Questions to Ask Before Applying<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Cost<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tuition remission<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">teaching assistantships\/teaching load<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stipend and cost of living<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">health insurance and other financial support<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hidden costs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">watch out for\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/education\/graduate-programs-become-cash-cow-struggling-colleges-mean-students\">graduate programs that are \u201ccash cows\u201d<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for universities<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Special Interests:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Interested in Screenwriting?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/academics\/Pages\/Current\/Requirements-MFA-in-Screenwriting-Comedy.aspx\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">DePaul University, Screenwriting\/Comedy<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0where\u00a0Grace Goze\u00a0is. Also\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allydjohnson\/\">Ally Johnson<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(TCOM) who graduates in \u201822.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colum.edu\/academics\/media-arts\/cinema-and-television-arts\/majors-and-programs\">Columbia College Chicago<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Graduate MFAs in Directing or Producing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/dodge\/programs\/graduate\/mfa-film-production.aspx\">Chapman University:<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Various graduate degrees in film and screenwriting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogs.ohio.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=71&amp;poid=20328&amp;returnto=5880\">Ohio University:<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Rani\u2019s alma mater. They provide funding, are nearby, have the Athens Film Festival, have a screenwriting track and have opportunities to take Creative Writing\u00a0in the English Department or\u00a0Playwriting\u00a0in Theater.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/film.fsu.edu\/programs\/\">Florida State University:<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span>Excellent reputation. They have production or writing emphasis. Barry Jenkins\u00a0went\u00a0here for undergrad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.columbia.edu\/film\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Columbia University:<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span>Great reputation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonybrook.edu\/commcms\/tv-writing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Stoneybrook University:<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span>MFA in Television Writing. They also have a partnership with Killer Films on a producing degree.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtf.utexas.edu\/graduate\/mfa-film-media-production\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">University of Texas Austin:<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span>Another reputable program and city for film.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/writing\/index.cfm\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">University of Southern California:<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0One of the BIG schools for people who want to work in the industry. Located and connected to\u00a0the industry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Interested in Popular Fiction?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setonhill.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/writing-popular-fiction-mfa\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Seton Hill<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span>MFA<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unr.edu\/english\/graduate-program\/mfa\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">University of Nevada, Reno MFA<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emerson.edu\/academics\/academic-departments\/writing-literature-publishing\/graduate-programs\/popular-fiction#:~:text=MFA%20in%20Popular%20Fiction%20Writing%20and%20Publishing&amp;text=Students%20will%20read%20and%20analyze,of%20literature%20and%20creative%20writing.\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Emerson College\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Grossman, <a href=\"https:\/\/stephgrossman.com\/2019\/06\/21\/mfa-programs-that-are-chill-with-speculative-fiction\/?fbclid=IwAR2ioZO2W-xDXuqaVaWHHXpHsOUcM6C8BIaqzVeTDHcpUcYq58yHn4ts4fM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MFA Programs that are Chill with Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Interested in the Environment?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engl.iastate.edu\/graduate-students\/mfa-program-in-creative-writing-and-environment\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">MFA at Iowa State University<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(John Carter)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Interested in Publishing?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterstudies.com\/MA-in-Publishing-and-Writing\/USA\/Emerson-College\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Emerson College<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(\u201821 Grad Ashley Burns is there now!)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Applying: Components of an application<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside Higher Education,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/education-oronte-churm\/guy-who-may-have-read-your-mfa-application-speaks\">A Guy Who May Have Read Your MFA Application Speaks<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cathy Day on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/cathyday.com\/2011\/10\/mfa-faq-the-lor\/\">Asking for an LOR<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/cathyday.com\/2011\/11\/sop-dos-and-donts\/\">Cathy Day on the Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of the SOP<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2021\/10\/26\/applying-to-graduate-school\/\">Applying to Graduate School (BSU English)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Creative Writing News,<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativewritingnews.com\/statement-of-purpose-examples-2\/\">10 Statement of Purpose Examples<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Paying for it:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Funded and unfunded programs\u2013what does that mean?<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span 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Making the Most of It<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lori May,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Writers Digest,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.writersdigest.com\/improve-my-writing\/10-tips-for-maximizing-your-mfa-experience\">10 Steps for Maximizing your MFA Experience<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The MFA Thesis:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Genres (Fiction, Poetry, CNF) and forms (short stories vs\u00a0novel, etc.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The thesis is\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a polished manuscript of significant length and scope<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, generally a collection of poems or short stories, a play, a screenplay, a novella, or a major portion of a novel with a complete outline<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cathy Day,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Millions<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/themillions.com\/2011\/01\/the-story-problem-10-thoughts-on-academias-novel-crisis.html\">The Story Problem: 10 Thoughts on\u00a0Academia&#8217;s\u00a0Novel Crisis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Advice from CW Faculty<\/h2>\n<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-93\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/18135914\/Lovelace_Sean_2018_October.jpeg\" alt=\"Man in grey shirt\" width=\"243\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/18135914\/Lovelace_Sean_2018_October.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/18135914\/Lovelace_Sean_2018_October-280x300.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>Sean Lovelace<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>My grad school talk hits the usual points: know the faculty&#8217;s specialties, know the strengths and curricular offerings. I always advise do not go if you aren&#8217;t getting money to go. This may seem harsh, but I tell students if you can&#8217;t get funded, take that as a sign your writing sample\/application needs work. I tell them to find work (go landscape or bus tables, something) and try the following year. Oh, I also tell them while a poor writing sample with great grades (or other great thing in the application) will not get you in, a STELLAR writing sample could overcome poor aspects of the application. I tell them to show a knowledge of authors in their genre, to VARY the forms and styles in the sample, and take a risk if they have the writing chops to take a risk.<\/p>\n<p>I tell them the locale isn&#8217;t that important. Take a chance, move somewhere weird and live cheaply. Who knows what will happen.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I tell them to take the same approach I might take if sending out a short story for publication, the &#8220;shotgun&#8221; approach. I may pick three DREAM markets, five I&#8217;d-be-happy-if-it-was-published-there markets, and two I-don&#8217;t -mind-the-story-appearing-within-though-it&#8217;s-not-all-that markets. Same with grad school. Pick ten schools and scatter that application out into the world.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, I drink the &#8220;You miss 100% of the shots you never take&#8221; Kool-Aid. That&#8217;s why I tell the students to pick three dream schools. I got into Alabama with three short stories. They were first three I&#8217;d ever written, all completed in Jeanne Leiby&#8217;s night class at U of Tennessee. She said to me one night, &#8220;You should get an MFA.&#8221; I answered, &#8220;What is an MFA?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/06115829\/Didden_Kathryn.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/06115829\/Didden_Kathryn.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2022\/01\/06115829\/Didden_Kathryn-280x300.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>Katy Didden<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>Research the writers that you love and see if they teach somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Then apply to those schools so that you can be mentored by them.<\/p>\n<p>Consider attending a summer creative writing workshop or find a community workshop to develop your portfolio before applying to MFA programs.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the Ball State Writer&#8217;s Community? Contact the advisor, Prof. Todd McKinney at tdmckinney ((at) bsu.edu for information about when they meet (which tends to change each semester).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff This event took place on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 Do you need an MFA in Creative Writing in order to be a writer? What about a PhD? When is the right time to pursue the degree-\u2013right after college or a few years later? Learn the answers to these questions and more. 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