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From: [e-mail] (Curt Gates)
Newsgroups: misc.writing
Subject: Re: Graduate Level Creative Writing Courses
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Date: 23 Jul 92 12:51:18 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (John J Humpal) writes:
> 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.
This is good advice, especially when the goal is to take the graduate
courses, as opposed to getting a graduate degree.  However, graduate
courses are not necessarily better or more demanding than undergraduate.
As John points out, the value of the course is the quality of the
instructor -- and the quality of the students.

For what its worth, Harvard Extension has creative writing courses in
fiction skills, poetry, and essay. All are for undergraduate credit only.
These are a great bargain in learning, but not no help if you need credits
for a graduate degree. If you want to be a better writer, I guess you go
for what will help you the most.  And if you plan to be a bureaucrat, you
go for the degree to prove you have the credentials.  So what else is new.

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I worked as a technical writer ... editing manuals ... on how to dispose
of sewage in permafrost; we all had to wear white shirts -- that was
mandatory -- and I was fired at the end of two weeks for spending too much
time staring out the window.
(Edward Abbey)
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