#MFA programs

[lavenderhummingbird]

thinking about mfas and applying to writing grad school… tell me your thoughts is this bad, dumb, a good idea???

[wuntrum]

the waiting in my life has gotten to the point where i started looking at masters programs today

[queenlua]

all of us who are snobs about Good Novels certainly have a lot to complain about, right? there are SO many widely-loved, widely-read novels that are bad bad bad, & us assholes gotta hear all about them

but

do you know who is really taking a nigh-lethal amount of psychic damage, on the regular, from Mainstream Opinion?

people who like good poems.

i'm so sorry, poetry enjoyers. you deserve so much better than whatever trite hogwash is going viral at any given moment. i hope there's enough good hipster shit getting published somewhere else to staunch your wounds

[mysharona1987]

Honestly, the real story behind the Cat Person film/short story sounds more interesting and chaotic than the movie itself.

So, basically how bad was real life Robert?

The original girlfriend, whom the author based it on, insists he was a decent enough guy, they dated for a few years. She says the bad sex and foul text messages never happened. She remembers him fondly. But acknowledges she was 18 when they started dating and he was 32. (red flag.)

But then the author, who also knew and dated him, paints him out to be a terrible guy, then based the story on the original girlfriend, who is reasonably pissed about it. And the author included every exact detail so everyone in their social circle knew it was about them. But then made up all the nasty stuff..

Original girlfriend says when the story went viral it sent real life Robert into a spiral of depression. He died suddenly in 2021. She never explains why, but the suggestion is suicide.

Creative writing majors be causing all the drama.

[honeysunspots]

how empty and emptied i felt walking away with all my words still on his floor.

- mona awad

collage inspired by Bunny by Mona Awad

[pomegranateteeth]

I’ve applied to grad school wish me luck!

[bookinit02]

conversations i had at the bar tonight:

nerding out over my favorite book, which also happened to be the guy next to me’s favorite book (that apparently he has been telling people about for YEARS and nobody else has ever read it)

gender politics and microlabels and whether it’s more important to be genuinely trying to be respectful of identity or to be using “correct” language and terms 100% of the time

the decline of young men into alt-right communities and how anger pushes them into isolation and violence

how the guy across from me is building a huge personal library and he has so many books that he can barely even fit them all in his apartment

how trauma and cultural uncertainty shapes writing & the importance of writing hopeful/happy stories

whether the american expectation of monogamy is harmful to relationships and whether it’s more important to be faithful to your long-term partner or to follow new passions

in summary. i fucking love grad school

[vulpinesaint]

i should not be venom webweaving right now i have so much homework to be doing but. what if i saved reading a whole half of beowulf for later. in order to talk about venom and mothica lyrics again. and then also postponed my reading journal and my other journal and my discussion forum responses and the reading that i didn't finish for my cultural studies class earlier today because i was telling my friend about venom and my powerpoint slides and—

[aimfor-theheart]

i’m sorry i haven’t answered asks or been very present!! i’m gonna try to answer some tomorrow and sunday!!

[buddyhollyscurls]

i need someone to physically beat me until i come up with SOMETHING for this writing sample

[laddersofsweetmisery]

My love made a task list app for me so I can be a bit more prepared going into my MFA residency this December <3 It toggles between categories where you can add tasks to specific categories. The categories are user-created, so you can tailor them to your individual needs. For example: I needed a category for work, school, around the home, and personal goals. Categories with no tasks turn purple and categories with tasks that still need to be completed turn pink and lists how many tasks are left to complete in each category (for example: I have 3 work tasks to complete) The tasks lists are accessible via the navigation pane on the left, so I'm not bombarded with all the tasks being visible on my screen at once. Instead, I can toggle between categories and focus on one category at a time. This helps me from getting distracted by all the other things I need to do. If I want to spend Monday mornings focusing on just school work, then I'll only open the MFA Residency tab.

He's planning on adding a Spotify player to it for my lo-fi studying playlist, as well as a few other features I'm looking forward to (theme customizations, animated background, a calendar...etc) but it's currently functional and ready for me to play with! He even let me choose the colors ! Although he's hoping to add additional color palettes for users to choose from.

A lot of the other apps I was trying to use were either behind a paywall OR had so many features it was overwhelming. So I'm loving its simplicity so far. He told me to write down any bugs or update ideas.

Any additional feature suggestions? Any features that could be useful to students while still keeping it simple and uncluttered? Some apps do SOOO much it can be hard to keep track of everything, so I'd like to keep it simple & sweet

[halogen2]

okay so im officially applying to cornell and syracuse university for their fiction mfa programs :’) and cornells deadline is in like A WEEK so im scrambling to get this together which doesnt bode well for a school thats notoriously difficult to get into, but syracuses deadline is a little later and hopefully not As competitive so maybe i’ll get into one :0

[cutemothman]

check on your strong friends, they might be applying for mfa programs

[bllbabaggins]

Excited + nervous + hella imposter syndrome = first day of classes technically done

[charmwasjess]

Can't resist: 7, 13, 24 and 64 for the fic-writer ask. 😁

YOU PICKED SOME FUN ONES!! :D

7 How do you choose which POV to write from? 

I think it depends on the needs of the scene. I use Dooku most often because I “know” him best and am the most comfortable with him - we’ve been together for such a long time and his stern-wry-humorous-earnest combination is closest to the mood of most of my fics. Qui-Gon is a fantastic walking camera because he’s got such an eye for seeing little details. Rael is good for seeing the emotional understory of a scene. Sifo-Dyas is incomprehensible but VERY funny. 13 what’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

When I feel like things are stale or I’m having trouble writing myself into the scene, I think about the silly little “write from the senses” tip a lot. What does it smell like? How does it feel? What are the characters hearing? It’s elementary, but hey, it works! 

24 Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?

I won’t use his name because you never know, but an author of some national fame once told me something like “I’m begging you not to write fiction” after reading a story I wrote (I was in an MFA program for poetry, but it was required that I do a course with the artist in residence and he happened to be a fiction author.) :’D He creepily petted my thigh as he said this to me. :’D 

Sometimes, I still picture his lil’ weasel face when I’m happily writing my old man yaoi and think “this one’s for you!” 

64 Something you love to see in smut.

:D Hell yeah, girl. Orgasm control, edging, overstimulation. Been going through an oral sex phase lately - something both vulnerable and hot there and I like putting Dooku on his stupid knees.

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This is a fun one! :D If you feel like it, send me an ask and I will kick my little feet in glee!

[ambassadorquark]

my grandma paid me a really flattering compliment recently in the card she gave me for my graduation where she said she appreciates that despite the sinister subject matter of my artwork i have a peaceful way of living