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Tuesday 7.18.2018
100 Days of Productivity (Day 2/100)
Hashing and rehashing statement of purpose. Working on poetry for the writing sample. GRE prep. Self loathing. I feel so uninspired and fruitless today.
Blessed with a little rain; maybe tomorrow will be better.
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In the midst of #MFA2015, I'd like to remind all of you to #keepthefaith!
More difficult than the actual writing of your submission piece is waiting to hear back from admissions committees. If I could give one piece of advice to prospective and/or current applicants, it would be this: have patience.
Those who know me know I am not the person who should give such advice, but it is the only thing that will save you from insanity. The admissions process is unfair in…
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Open Memo to MFA Class of 2020+/-, Pt. 2
I find the big lessons come away from the writing workshop; life lessons concerning perseverance, hope, stamina, confidence, purpose. As I write and revise my novel thirty months later, realizing it needs a year or two in the cooker, and that my chances are slim of getting into that one school, I know that regardless of the committee's decision, the goal is the same. Keep writing. Keep writing. Keep writing. Speaking to a mentor yesterday he confided all his rejections in the past, two and three times over many years before he was admitted and now graduated from one of the best. Whatever you do, keep hoping. Keep writing. For that's what makes you a writer.
