Creative Writing

I am visiting Hollins University very soon because I’ve researched all the aspects of the english/creative writing department and love it to death. But I am looking for a couple good safety schools with the same strenghts. Any ideas?

Okay here’s my story, well when it was time to decide which subject i wanted to take for college, i couldnt make my mind up and decided that taking business would be a safe decision.

now its my last year in college and i really want to do creative writing or english literature at uni. But i am stuck and i am taking a gap year.

In my gap year i am going to america for work experience for three months, returning and was thinking of taking private creative writing lessons in london coz i thought that it would help my chances of doing english at uni and add a little bit of credibility.

i am also going to submit my own piece of creative writing when applying to university.

what do you think people, do you think doing the private lessons will help??? any chances of me getting into uni with my business qualifications??? i am so confused, m losing the will to live lol..:(

…how do you get started as an author?
I mean if I was the one graduating with the degree, how should I get started?

I ask because I may be hired soon to teach basic composition at a public college. It seems only Ph.D.’s can teach literature, and I have an MA in English-Creative Writing. If I did want to teach literature as well as creative writing–and I’m not sure that I do want to teach literature–would I need a doctorate?

question basically said it all.

What kind of classes will I have, how hard will it be, what can I do with a degree like that, etc.
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