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- From: johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Humpal)
- Subject: Re: Graduate Level Creative Writing Courses
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.163717.15993@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <1992Jul21.223818.14958@news.ysu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:37:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.223818.14958@news.ysu.edu> axinar@tso.uc.edu (John S. Kennedy) writes:
- >
- >Have any of you taken any graduate level creative writing classes?
- >What were they like? What did you learn? Are there other places
- >where the information that can be obtained from such classes can
- >be found?
- >
- What you learn is very much a function of who you work with.
- The best writing courses are led by a person who is knowledgeable and
- enthusiastic (and, of course, honest). The other people taking the
- course with you are also crucial to the success of the course. I find
- that the best writing courses are attended by people who are not afraid
- to take criticism, and also not afraid to dish it out, as long as the
- criticism is honest.
-
- Tell your friend to look into local universities' continuing
- education (i.e., "night school") departments. There she is likely to
- find writing courses offered by the very same faculty members who wouldn't
- let her in to their "day" classes. She is also likely to meet a much
- more eclectic group of writers than she would in a graduate writing
- program.
-
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- -John
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- John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer
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