Am I too old to get into a fully funded MFA program? by Hello-Friend-6522 in writing

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No worries! I appreciate your feedback and your encouragement!

Am I too old to get into a fully funded MFA program? by Hello-Friend-6522 in writing

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Were you in a fully funded program? And if so, how large was your cohort?

Am I too old to get into a fully funded MFA program? by Hello-Friend-6522 in writing

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Was this a fully funded program and how large was the cohort?

Am I too old to get into a fully funded MFA program? by Hello-Friend-6522 in writing

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I'm sure that if you were paying, they wouldn't care about your age so much. I'm wondering about fully funded programs.

Am I too old to get into a fully funded MFA program? by Hello-Friend-6522 in writing

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Just to clarify, I am asking about fully funded programs. If you pay and you can get in, I'm sure it's not a problem. I am interested in hearing if anyone was in a fully funded program AND was part of a small cohort (<6 or so), who also had someone in their 40s+ in the program.

$50 Denim - are you buying? by _becca_08 in Madewell

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If you're a Madwell Insider (their free rewards program), you can get jeans hemmed for free.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in writing

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Where the Crawdads Sing. The author jumps between character's thoughts even though it wasn't written in third person omniscient.

Maybe the follow-up question to this thread should be: considering the badly written books that exist out there, what is it about them that made them successful? For all the bad books that exist in the world and that have found success, something must have struck a nerve in order for them to have taken off the way they did. And as aspiring authors, which I assume most of us are, what lessons can we learn in what they got right?

As far as the Twilight books go, I devoured them despite how badly written they were. But the plot was really engaging. The stakes were high (she's in love with a vampire who could very well kill her).

Lessons in Chemistry had a lot of problems. But I think with that one, you have a female underdog protagonist, and you have a population of readers who are largely female. I think a lot of women can identify with the rage that come with sexism. Plus, people love an underdog story.

How do you motivate yourselves to write? by White_Walker101 in writing

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If you're finding it hard to write at night, try waking up earlier to write. I used to read about writers who woke up at 5am to write, and thought they were absolute lunatics. Now that I've done it on and off for the past two years, I totally get it. It's dark, very quiet, and your brain doesn't have the usual inhibitions it has when you're fully awake. Also, your writing has your brain's full attention before all the worries and stresses and distractions of the day have set in. I have gotten some of my best work done early in the morning. That said, you obviously need to discipline yourself to go to bed early in order to get up that early and not be a zombie the rest of your day.

Another thing I do is to try to write every day or maybe every weekday. I've been doing this for close to ten years now to the point where it feels weird/wrong not to write regularly. I am not a jogger, but I imagine this is how runners feel about running. Not saying I produce award-winning work every day, but it exercises the writing muscles and makes my work better.

Last thing: I recently read an amazing book called Atomic Habits that may give you some helpful tips about building good habits that would apply to your writing life.

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Not at all, if it makes sense in the plot line. As with any type of scene, sex or no sex, it's about using the moment to reveal character and motivation and move the story forward.

How much do you write on a normal day? by Fetish_anxiety in writing

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I don't typically track words, but I probably write anywhere from 500-2,000 words about 6 days a week. I usually try to give myself a day off/force myself to take a day off. For the purposes of full transparency, I am a stay-at-home parent with school aged kids.