From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 14, 2014 12:18:21 PM UTC-4, bre...@sff.net wrote:   
   > On 6/14/2014 11:40 AM, mumble wrote:   
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   > > Yes, a creative writing course can only amount to some kind of   
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   > > introduction, but the author-blurb I'm referring to said that she had   
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   > > taken a *degree* in "Creative Writing". I didn't realize there were   
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   > > colleges with full degree programs in Creative Writing, but apparently   
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   > > the world moves on whether we're watching it or not. I can imagine a   
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   > > four-year program that would go a great distance toward teaching someone   
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   > > to be a writer of merit.   
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   > A degree in Creative Writing is usually combined with a degree in   
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   > English -- I have one. IMO if you actually want to write fiction for the   
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   > commercial market you should not waste your time and money on a creative   
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   > writing degree. Better to get one in botany or systems engineering or   
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   > nuclear physics. Then you h ave something to underpin your SF.   
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   I dunno.  I was a science major, and about the only enduring skill I learned   
   was how to look things up.   
      
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