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Beta Readers wanted!
Hi everyone! Sorry I’ve disappeared for a while. I am still working hard on the website for you guys. Stay tuned, when I do a “grand opening”, there will be plenty of prizes and giveaways to show you how much I appreciate you sticking around.
I am currently working on my application for a Master’s of Fine Arts in creative writing. I need to submit a portfolio, and was wondering if anyone would be interested in beta reading the first few chapters.
Being accepted into the MFA program is my dream, and I will be able to pass on all my knowledge you guys too! It’s a win-win.
Please message me directly if you would like to help. Portfolio is new adult—fantasy/adventure/romance.
Thank you for your support!!
Happy writing and reading this cozy season :)
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2 kinds of grad students (both massive nerds)
#id in alt text#avatar the last airbender#atla#sokka#zuko#zukka#<- seems like i may as well tag it. considering#sokkaxzuko#(secretly this is sokkaxsuki tho. just look at sokka’s hoodie)#modern au#art#mart#if you’re wondering why there’s only one pile of graded papers it’s because sokka saved that paper for last#bc the handwriting was so illegible#(and zuko is responding even tho sokka isn’t talking abt his work bc he’s touchy. bc he knows he isn’t ocean vuong)#also before anyone’s like ‘shouldn’t sokka be the one writing poetry?’ YES sokka also writes poetry but it’s like.#silly little rhyming poems#he would never do an mfa art is a hobby to him and he thinks getting a degree in it is a waste of time#but he doesn’t tell this to zuko bc zuko wasted so much time suffering in undergrad trying to pursue a ‘respectable’ degree#so sokka’s just like ‘okay. well he deserves this’
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Ya girl just passed her master's thesis defense!!
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nothing motivates me more to write than having other responsibilities to tend to so now I’m running off to my word document at 12:30am with my instant pho all giggly teehehehe
#should I do my MFA for the sole reason of hating the academic institution so much that I’ll write the best shit of my life instead of#<<paying attention#that’s how I got my undergrad LOL#graduated top of my entire faculty 🫡 and by top I mean literally number 1 🫡#give an autistic girl (or whatever the gender is???) a special interest and she’ll get a degree to spite u
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Hello! I don’t know if you’d be able to shed some light on this, but there’s a really famous fantasy book going around now called Fourth Wing. I read it, and I loved it. But, there’s basically nothing new about it. It’s a story full of cliches, with stereotypical characters, and an easy to predict plot. But, there’s not a dull moment in the book. From the beginning till the end, even all of the banter are important plot points. From a literacy point of view, what’s your take on it? Why does it work? What makes a story work? I assume it’s super famous from how easy it is to read, not only the accessible language in fantasy but also how smooth the entire story ties in, and maybe how familiar it feels.
Oh I’m dying to read that! From what I heard it’s kind of like a Pern book, and I grew up as a baby geek on the Pern books. And yes I heard it’s also derivative of another big series (I can’t remember which one.)
I actually love this question.
HOW can a cliche ridden, predictable, stereotype filled story engage readers????
My unpopular opinion?
Originality is over rated. Lol.
There are, what is it? Seven stories that humanity tells over and over again. Actually depending upon who you’re talking to, it could be 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 or 36. With different details and different characters and different settings and... that’s okay.
The human brain likes its stories. It likes them familiar so it can follow along. If we didn’t like familiar stories, then we wouldn’t keep telling the same stories. Boy meets Girl, Rags to Riches, The Fall of the Great Man, or whatever. Do we also like surprise? Why sure. Often we don’t know which format the story is until we get to the end, but our brain still gets to sort all that information and shape that story into something meaningful to us with resonance to all the stories that came before.
It’s one of the reasons that our stories tend to fall into regular formats. We’re familiar with the 3/5/7 act structure. We know the Hero’s Journey kind of by heart even if we’re not consciously aware of it. It’s one of the reasons a story like the original Star Wars is so satisfying. It feels ‘right.’ Complete. In order.
I no longer complain of stories being unoriginal. I no longer worry about them following conventions or formats. I no longer worry about stories using tropes. I actually love tropes. Once I realized understanding the tropes in a story could help guide me to the kind of stories I wanted to read and increase my enjoyment, I surrendered to the tropes.
But a good story is more than just good writing, or an original idea, or even a brilliant book. I realized this many years ago when I was reading Twilight-- which I HATED. I literally threw the book across the room. It was so poorly writen I couldn’t stand it. But then I ran after it and picked it up and kept reading because I HAD TO KEEP READING.
And that bothered me. Why was I compelled to keep reading? That’s when I realized that story telling and writing aren’t the same thing. A book can be trite and have shallow characters and be super stereotypical and predictable but if it tells a good story in a way that keeps you turning the pages and engaged in what happens next and the relationships.
And you know what? I think that IS about hooking into the collective unconscious, connecting to the stories you already love, following along with the beloved plots. Jerking on our heartstrings and saving the cat and all that.
Some books are experimental by nature and their point is to push what we expect. They can be l or they can be an incomprehensible pretentious mess. Some books are about lyrical language and poetic images. Some books are about the pain and suffering of meaningful events and the words carve themselves into your skin. You can totally be swept away in the mastery of the writing if that’s your thing. And maybe those are the books that are going to be nominated for awards and prizes. Maybe those are superlative books. I am not knocking that kind of literature.
But that’s not the only kind of literature there is. Genre stories-- fantasy, sci fi, romance, horror, mystery, comic books etc are also literature. I think it’s a con game based in classism and misogyny that says only literary fiction is worthy and genre fiction is a lesser form of literature. I don’t really agree with that. It might, however, have a different purpose for a different audience, and that’s okay.
SOME books tell a story you already know and love in a different way and YOU ARE DOWN FOR IT. You want to see two idiots fall in love. You want to see the underdog overcome their challenges and win the contest. You want to see that damaged found family come together and be better than they were alone. You want to see the end of the world and the scrappy band of survivors trying to live just another day. Maybe you’re looking for a HEA. Maybe you’re looking for gore and trauma and a catharsis. Maybe you just want to live with dragons for a while.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Genre stories for the win.
#genre fiction#literature#literary analysis#tropes#i am biased y'all i've loved sff since I was a kid but my literary education tried to beat it out of me#and the truth is i prefer genre fiction to literary fiction and no longer agree that lit fic is superior#and there is some political weirdness around writing workshops and MFA creative writing degrees that I no longer trust
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re: prev reblog one thing u should know is they’ll give out masters degrees to any old bitch that’s willing to put themself through school for a few more years after undergrad. i’ve tutored psychology masters students that are dumb as bricks. u sooo do not have to be smart at all. which is probably why a lot of therapists with just a masters degree kind of suck
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you ever get sick and tired of thinking about how sick and tired you are of being sick and tired?
anyone have cute art of asra (the arcana), shino (naruto), or john doe (uncanny valley game) they feel like sharing?
or gush about something cool they just finished creating?
I dunno could use some. goodness.
#chronic illness sucks#chronic pain sucks#chronic fatigue SUCKS#how am I supposed to take care of my spouse and my home and my critters if all i ever want to do is sleep?#how am i supposed to actually put in the requisite effort to my mfa#and writing in general?#how am i supposed to work out and get stronger or eat well#or work on other projects I've committed to?#head hurts every day#ibs acts up most days#never feel rested no matter how much i sleep#back pain joints muscles bones etc#and I've been so depressed and listless for so long#my partner works as a nurse full time and is also getting her masters degree because she is a badass#she has reason to be exhausted#technically i do too but it doesn't feel like it because i barely have done anything today and everything i have done came with struggle#but I'm still exhausted#perpetually#for as long as i can remember#and i don't know how to fix it#and I'm tired#and it's not fair#by which i mean#it's not fair to everyone else who works at hard as they do#that i DON'T anymore and still feel like shit and am allowed to not work a regular job anymore#it's not fair#I'm so tired
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the 'i want to do my masters in writing so i can teach writing at university level' to 'i'm starting to believe creative writing should not be a degree that you can get at all' pipeline
#not in a shaming individuals who have or plan to get writing degrees way. i mean im still considering it#like from an academisation of writing pov....#i dont think a writing degree should have the weight that it does with the barriers it creates#the thing is my dream job/state of existence is things that would only be possible to keep me afloat#if i did writing postgrad and go the right connections at the right time#but i dont like anything that turns writing into an institution and creates barriers for access#i dont think writers esp vulnerable writers should be taught that to get certain levels of access they need#to put themselves through a system that is so sexist misogynistic homophobic transphobic racist ableist bigoted etc#and that's if they can even GET in the programs in the first place#i got offers for my dream MA two years in a row and the only thing that stopped me was costs#and now if i apply again i wont be able to use my writing teachers as references because they have to have taught me in the last two years#SO WHO TF DO I USE!!!!#i think there needs to be more cultivation in spaces that study and share writing theory and create workshop and connections without#the academic institution of it all#idk im starting to be like what will a writing MFA give me except connections and access#also i was wondering why im slower at writing short fiction than i was last year BITCH!! YOU WERE IN A CREATIVE WRITING CLASS#you literally HAD to write stories so you might as well submit them!#the only reason i have a pushcart nom and a writing grant is bc of the stories i had to write for that class
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a lot has been going on but admittedly i feel a sense of peace with being a truant kid/teenager because people with degrees are doing absolutely horribly rn lmfaoooooooooooooo
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the authors of how to lose the time sound like two of the most insufferable people you'll ever meet, I am so glad they found each other so they never involve anyone else in what they have going on
#mine#this book is the epitome of that article about how mfa degrees teach you how to cover up lack of substance with pretty words
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the way im constantly Not Thinking About student loan debt.......................
#it's one more expense. that i wont be able to pay.#but hey! at least.#um. i have a degree???????????????????????????????????????????????//#idk MFA's help you get teaching positions and network like thats what theyre for#maybe i can do that is be a professor#but it'd have to be an online one#dogstar speaking
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whats that one post thats like: Job Listing: literally the lowest possible entry level position/requirements: 20+ years experience, PhD, masters and bachelors, preferably under the age of 21 (bc ur gonna be fucking naive as shit and will take anything w/o reading a contract), expected to work 168 hours a week (no overtime) probation period of 3 years.
yeah that one, trying to find a fucking job currently is impossible
#i need to get a masters degree and i hate it#ii shouldve gone to ualbany for their MFA program bc my alma mater is currently on a hiring spree since all of the professors are either#dying or retiring because they are so out of touch with reality of the current workforce
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Submission Spotlight: The Chicago Review
Submission Spotlight this month at The Trailer Park MFA: The Chicago Review. They've been around since 1946, are affiliated with the University of Chicago, and will definitely bump up your rep—but you won't earn a dime. Your call. #publishing #writerslife
Their door is open for fiction and poetry submissions until June 15 (nonfiction submissions are open year-round), so if you’re looking to publish a story, now’s the time! The Chicago Review accepts work through their Submittable page, where you can also set up a free Submittable account if you haven’t got one already.
The downside? They charge a steeper-than-industry-standard submission fee of…
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#classism in publishing industry#creative writing#digital publishing#diversity in publishing#elite publishing#fiction submissions#literary journal#literary magazine#online issues#publishing a story#short stories#submission fee#submissions to magazines#Submittable#The Chicago Review#University of Chicago#where to submit fiction#writers with MFA degrees
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i am plotting to make some. big choices in my life in the near future.
#let's go#i wanna get my painting mfa and soc ma at the same time#i know i'm crazy stupid insane but i want to#and i only get one life i'd rather be dual degreed
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gotta be honest, I feel like it says everything that I watched the rw/by trailer this morning out of curiosity, then got to work and haven’t really thought about it since then
just yeah...probably not really going back
#i just realized i'm not hyped at all#like sure i'll probably watch#but in the casual way i watch quite a few shows that i never end up interested in to post about#so there's that#also Souls i hate to say it is probably not going to see work done#i mean tbf i've already been extremely occupied with mfa degree stuff soooo yeah
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