tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post275227202129240621..comments2024-03-28T02:14:08.783-07:00Comments on THE MFA BLOG: Writing CoursesTom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913868167191023096noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-50681332091869461642017-10-30T06:02:16.523-07:002017-10-30T06:02:16.523-07:00Well... this is a very good news that some courses...Well... this is a very good news that some courses have been started for those who want to learn writing and make is as a profession.<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannon-ullman/dissertation-writing-serv_1_b_12779230.html">online dissertation writing service</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03635295771540670249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-53189391225423227102017-10-17T07:49:33.877-07:002017-10-17T07:49:33.877-07:00You talk abot writing service.The body of the pers...You talk abot writing service.The body of the personal pronouncement is where you'll describe your qualifications and how determined traits or skills make you expertly-suited to a particular direction or career arena.check document for plagiarism online <a href="http://www.copyrightcheck.org/improve-your-writing-with-check-document-for-plagiarism-online/" rel="nofollow">useful site</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431039622572264191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-2381770309047827152017-10-17T07:45:27.762-07:002017-10-17T07:45:27.762-07:00Nice Post you share.Nice Post you share.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431039622572264191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-42747335588379408532017-09-24T02:36:48.349-07:002017-09-24T02:36:48.349-07:00Latest technological achievements claim to challen...Latest technological achievements claim to challenge and provide what sounds not possible - a sophisticated English descriptive linguistics Prepositions Checker that proofreads and fixes our descriptive linguistics writing in exactly few clicks. <a href="http://www.prepositionchecker.com/importance-of-using-a-preposition-checker/" rel="nofollow">my blog</a><br /><br />Joseph Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963573805505763930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-18680111423966198302017-08-17T22:35:14.168-07:002017-08-17T22:35:14.168-07:00An ordinary spell check can catch obvious errors, ...An ordinary spell check can catch obvious errors, however doesn't check for context, so if you employ "knight" rather than "night" it will not catch it as a result of each ar properly spelled words. on-line descriptive linguistics checkers browse whole sentences, not simply words. <a href="http://www.sentencecorrection.org/free-sentence-checker/" rel="nofollow">click here</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029352653727175720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-74138921525437448102017-02-15T08:30:17.863-08:002017-02-15T08:30:17.863-08:00With online sentence corrector, everything will be...With online sentence corrector, everything will be changed because you will be provided with great help for your betterment. 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I went from there to a similar workshop at Gotham Writers, a pretty well-known outfit in New York with many in-class and on-line offerings at all levels, and at Gotham worked up to advanced classes in nonfiction (memoir and feature writing). I agree whole-heartedly that this was my introduction to the workshop process, and starting the MFA would have been much more awkward and less satisfying at the outset without the skills and protocols in place. Adult Ed type things are low risk -- there's no grade. The instructor can be a crap shoot -- the kiddies' lit course was OK, but no more than that -- but I was fortunate to hit on a brilliant Brit who is a retired career newsman and editor (The Guardian, Conde Nast)for the nonfiction courses, and I have stayed with his workshop even after beginning the degree work. A lot of my stuff starts out with him, then goes to the program workshops a couple of draft levels ahead.<BR/><BR/>Luck, I know -- but you take it where you get it. There are some fantastic people teaching in these commercial courses, or in the Adult and Continung Ed programs at the local colleges.pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928719136172829553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-90397546478608713172007-07-09T13:44:00.000-07:002007-07-09T13:44:00.000-07:00Gustavo and Mike,I too had an unusual path to the ...Gustavo and Mike,<BR/><BR/>I too had an unusual path to the MFA: not just in the sense of having a degree and career in a totally different field (law), but also in the sense that I'd never taken a creative writing course at the time I applied to MFAs (and still haven't). I've never even taken a course in my field (poetry), with the exception of one English course in college on Romantic Poetry (at a time when I hadn't started writing poetry yet, and had little to no sustained interest in the Romantics; nor was the class the catalyst that started me writing, as that event [entrance into law school] wouldn't happen for several years yet). One thing I *can* say is that when I started writing poetry in 1998, I joined an intermediate on-line poetry workshop (The Gazebo, at The Alsop Review), and for 2-3 years that was the perfect hothouse for my writing, at least at that stage in my development (whatever that means). Those who, like me, live and work in areas less likely to have large, vibrant, cohesive artistic communities (in my case, NH, until recently) should consider on-line workshops if they're just starting out. While eventually any workshop can become too insular--and the critiques begin to sound repetitive and rote--on-line workshops are a good spot to get basic grounding in a discipline. I've also found that the poetry blogosphere (ever growing) is a good place to learn about new talents and in some cases to read work people are doing "in the moment" (even if there's no chance for a back-and-forth).<BR/><BR/>I agree with what's been said above, however: some formally-structured class or seminar is preferable. How can you know whether or not you want to be in (or would benefit from working from within) a community of [poets/writers] if you've never been in that setting? It remains one of my primary fears re: my upcoming MFA experience.<BR/><BR/>S.Seth Abramsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-53334629106620694972007-07-09T13:08:00.000-07:002007-07-09T13:08:00.000-07:00Hey Mike,Just a marginal comment. I've had the opp...Hey Mike,<BR/><BR/>Just a marginal comment. I've had the opposite experience. I'd never ever taken a writing class or even sat in on a workshop before I applied to MFA programs. I was lucky I had a couple of trusted friends who are very good readers. In hindsight, I wish I had taken a class or got involved in some way with a writing community, like you did. When I visited UMass, I sat in on a couple of workshops for the first time -- and loved it. A caveat: for all I know, I might end up hating workshops, ha! After all, it was a three-day visit. But I doubt it. To have that kind of feedback sounds amazing. But anyway, to go back to your main point, I do remember the last stages of the application process – I was bothering my friends, begging them to read my latest version of the writing sample as soon as they could, dying to get some feedback. So, for this and the other reasons you discuss in your post, I strongly agree with your suggestion. Prospective applicants are well advised to take a class before application time.Gustavohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292313183890412118noreply@blogger.com