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Anyone here in an MFA program? Should I be trying to get into one if I want to be a writer? Which are the good ones?
If you want to write trite YA shit that you stole from your students, sure.
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If you're poor, consider doing it just for the opportunity to get funded. If you're rich, there's a lot better stuff you could do with your money and time, but maybe some connections could come out of it? My favorite professor taught in MFAs for a long time and says that he wouldn't ever push an undergrad to get one unless it made a lot of financial sense and they had a ton of ambition. I really can't ever see paying for one, but it's more worthwhile if you can get funding.
I think teaching at MFA workshops is a far cry from attending them. Loads of wonderful authors have taught at MFAs, but most of those writers don't have an MFA themselves.
