![]() My experience in publishing had taught me that writing literary fiction did not lead to great financial wealth. "I want a big book deal." "I'm sick and tired of being poor." "When do I get my million dollars?" "What goals do you hope to obtain with your writing?" One by one, seated at the round table, my fellow writers spoke. On the first day of my workshop class, the instructor asked us one question. ![]() ![]() I was admitted to a prestigious program in the Northeast. An MFA degree seemed like a good method to achieve these goals. What I wanted was to develop some discipline in my writing habits and perhaps, bond with fellow writers in a likeminded literary community. Unlike most aspiring writers, I didn't need to enroll in an MFA program in order to find an agent or a publisher, as I had already made numerous contacts inside the publishing community. ![]() My plans to do graduate work in cultural studies were quickly forgotten as I decided pull a Sylvia Plathmove to New York and get a job in publishing.Īs I moved within New York literary circles while working in publishing, it came to my attention that I couldn't be classified as a literary writer unless I had an MFA in Creative Writing. I had always wanted to be a writer, but now it was official. I submitted the story to the Seventeen Magazine Fiction Contest and won second place. During my junior year of college, I locked myself in my apartment during spring break and wrote a short story about my father and my glory days on the swim team. ![]()
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