Becoming a writer

[audiophile5]

Hey there. I was wondering wheter anyone here wants to become a writer. And what college would you like to go to? Do you want to go to go somplace where you learn about writing, or do something else and write during the free time?

[Obsidian]

I used to really want to be a writer and write novels or something, but I'm not totally sure anymore. I wanted to go to The University of Iowa though, because it's supposed to be one of the top ranking colleges for writers. & I wanted to get a Masters degree in Fine Arts for creative writing.

[audiophile5]

I've heard a lot of good things about the University of Iowa as well. And I would love to study writing and become an author, but I think it's a bit risky.. I mean if my book doesn't sell well I won't have another way of income..

[Obsidian]

That's how I always felt too. But if you're really interested in writing for a living then maybe it's worth the risk. The good thing is that there's a lot of different kinds of writing, and there's a lot of careers you can go into if you're a skilled writer. Maybe you could look into some other areas of writing that you might be interested in besides creative writing. If you do decide to go to school for that, though, I'm sure there's probably other careers you could get with a MFA if the novel writing thing didn't work out. There's tons of careers and jobs out there that involve writing so I'm sure you'd find something.

[audiophile5]

Really? What other careers do you think there would be? Because all I could come up with are translator and english teacher :/ and yeah, you're right, that risk is probably worth taking..

[Harry Smith]

If you want to become a writer then you should start learing how to make coffee, along with journalism it's by far one of the hardest careers to break into

[Obsidian]

I'm not really sure lol :P but I was thinking that there's probably some post-graduate classes you could take after you get the masters that would give you more career options. Of if you major in English instead you could probably still get a career as a novelist, and then if that didn't work out you'd have a lot more career options in any kind of writing because you'd have education in more than just creative writing. I don't know all there is to know about it, but I think if you google stuff and do some research it'll be easier to decide.

[Origami]

If you want to become a writer then you should start learing how to make coffee, along with journalism it's by far one of the hardest careers to break into

Isn't this the damn truth though. Writing is highly competitive and you're not guaranteed a job ever no matter how much school you have under your belt. I want to be a writer when I was younger but opted away from it as a career path.

[audiophile5]

Isn't this the damn truth though. Writing is highly competitive and you're not guaranteed a job ever no matter how much school you have under your belt. I want to be a writer when I was younger but opted away from it as a career path.

I completly agree woth you, as a writer you are not guaranteed a job. You may get lucky and become the next JK Rowling or you can remain annonymus. That is why, I considered writing as a free time activity. Yet there are two small problems:
1. What if I get another job that would keep me so busy that I won't have time to write?
2. I don't know what else to do, I'm not so good at many things..

[Origami]

I completly agree woth you, as a writer you are not guaranteed a job. You may get lucky and become the next JK Rowling or you can remain annonymus. That is why, I considered writing as a free time activity. Yet there are two small problems:
1. What if I get another job that would keep me so busy that I won't have time to write?
2. I don't know what else to do, I'm not so good at many things..

You'll always have some form of free-time to pursue your personal interests regardless of what career path you choose. Some more than others, of course.

I'll continue writing as a hobby myself in the future.

As for not being good at other things, you shouldn't think about that too much. If you want to stay with some form of writing you could always be an English teacher. Most importantly though, you need to remember that school is nothing more than training for the job you want to do. You'll learn the trades you need, so don't fret it too much.

[audiophile5]

You'll always have some form of free-time to pursue your personal interests regardless of what career path you choose. Some more than others, of course.

I'll continue writing as a hobby myself in the future.

As for not being good at other things, you shouldn't think about that too much. If you want to stay with some form of writing you could always be an English teacher. Most importantly though, you need to remember that school is nothing more than training for the job you want to do. You'll learn the trades you need, so don't fret it too much.
Yeah but if I'm not going to pursue languages/English, there are few choices for me (I'm talking about college, and what to study there)

[Origami]

Yeah but if I'm not going to pursue languages/English, there are few choices for me (I'm talking about college, and what to study there)

That's what I was meaning as well. You'll learn and practice what you need to know. As long as you're determined you can follow any career path regardless of your preexisting talents. That's not to say it would be easy though.

[Dimas KM]

I like writing books in sparetime

Most of it's about gangster because i think it's cool

How about you guys???:what: