Two things felt absolutely necessary to me in my twenties. An MFA, and really ambitious goals. All my friends had these, or were working their way to them. And not just the writer friends. My boss had an MFA and he only wrote software. I researched MFAs off and on for nearly five years, but never applied to any. I did join a Masters program, an M.A. in Liberal Studies, but dropped out after the first year. It just wasn’t doing it for me.
Too cool for school, too old for goals
Too cool for school, too old for goals
Too cool for school, too old for goals
Two things felt absolutely necessary to me in my twenties. An MFA, and really ambitious goals. All my friends had these, or were working their way to them. And not just the writer friends. My boss had an MFA and he only wrote software. I researched MFAs off and on for nearly five years, but never applied to any. I did join a Masters program, an M.A. in Liberal Studies, but dropped out after the first year. It just wasn’t doing it for me.