From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-06-14 16:18:21 +0000, Brenda Clough said:   
      
   > On 6/14/2014 11:40 AM, mumble wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yes, a creative writing course can only amount to some kind of   
   >> introduction, but the author-blurb I'm referring to said that she had   
   >> taken a *degree* in "Creative Writing". I didn't realize there were   
   >> colleges with full degree programs in Creative Writing, but apparently   
   >> the world moves on whether we're watching it or not. I can imagine a   
   >> four-year program that would go a great distance toward teaching someone   
   >> to be a writer of merit.   
   >   
   >   
   > A degree in Creative Writing is usually combined with a degree in   
   > English -- I have one. IMO if you actually want to write fiction for   
   > the commercial market you should not waste your time and money on a   
   > creative writing degree. Better to get one in botany or systems   
   > engineering or nuclear physics. Then you h ave something to underpin   
   > your SF.   
      
   Or Psychology, which was J. Michael Straczynski's choice.   
      
   And the would-be writer should be sure to have completely mastered   
   English grammar and prosody (sooner or later there will be a   
   requirement for a protest march or a popular song or a tragedy or a   
   commercial jingle, and one doesn't want to be dismissed with Reggie   
   Perrin's "It almost rhymes or scans properly"). They used to teach   
   those things in high school, but they don't seem to, anymore.   
      
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