Instead of a full post this week, I thought I’d link to an article I just had published on how writers gain the skills they need to succeed, and how grad school is just one way of building a writing career (though there are other benefits to grad school too!).
The article was for the email newsletter Spill It! put out by Vine Leaves Press, which sends out monthly articles on thought-provoking topics. (You can check out the Spill It! newsletter here.)
Plus, this article was a paid writing gig, which is always nice ;-)
I’ve written on this blog about my own grad school experiences and how, while I learned a lot there, it was an incredibly rough experience and I wished the environment had been more positive. (But hey, it also gave me plenty of material to work into MFA Thesis Novel, which I’m super proud of and hope will help make these programs better!)
Anyway, enough chit-chat—go read my article about whether you really need an MFA to become a writer!