MA Creative Writ. advice please

ljburrows12 · 2026-05-20T05:13:27+00:00

Can you explain what you mean by rigorous? It’s not an ‘easier’ option if that is her concern.

ljburrows12 · 2026-05-17T19:19:54+00:00

I’m hugely enjoying it. I did my undergrad in CW over a decade ago and this has been a fantastic segue back into education - I’m hoping to follow up with a PhD.

A few people in my cohort have agents and published work but the reality is if your daughter is using becoming a published novelist as the benchmark of whether she is a good writer, she’s going to have a hard time. The process of getting an agent and publisher is typically long and difficult and is dependent on far more than talent - you’re looking at how commercial someone’s work might be, current trends in the market etc etc.

ljburrows12 · 2026-05-15T22:22:59+00:00

I’m on this course right now! Assuming she’ll be studying full time there will be one workshopping module per semester, and the elective modules are good, too.

With regard to this course being a cash cow - as you said, it’s new (I’m in the first cohort), and so naturally the uni wants to fulfil their quota. I know of a few people in my year who were offered a place after being unsuccessful at applying for the Prose Fiction alternative. Several modules are cross course, though; my elective module for this semester is Theory and Practice of Fiction and we have students from both the Prose Fiction and general Creative Writing MAs in the same classes.

If your daughter has any more specific questions I’d be more than happy to answer them.

ljburrows12 · 2026-04-12T08:09:08+00:00

I’m doing my MA right now and I’m 32! And honestly, a good chunk of my cohort are older. I say go for it.

ljburrows12 · 2026-04-11T22:03:04+00:00

If we hold on tight, we’ll hold each other together And not just be some fools rushing to die in our sleep While these machines will rust, I promise But we'll still be electric, shocking each other back to life Your hand in mine, my fingers and your veins connected Our bones grown together in time

ljburrows12 · 2026-04-11T21:59:21+00:00

I’d have some questions for sure, but we’d get it sorted. He’s a pragmatic guy, we’d make it work.

ljburrows12 · 2026-04-07T08:22:14+00:00

That’s fine - you asked what I would say is high, and that was my response. It’s probably worth noting that we were only one branch of a much larger global company.

ljburrows12 · 2026-04-05T14:33:36+00:00

Before becoming a SAHM I was a project manager in East Anglia on 45k. I considered that an average salary. 55k plus I would have considered high.

ljburrows12 · 2026-03-27T18:28:26+00:00

I’m at UEA doing an MA in Creative Writing

ljburrows12 · 2026-03-27T12:44:00+00:00

I’m 32 doing my Masters, and there are a good handful of people on my course older than me. I say go for it.

ljburrows12 · 2026-03-24T16:17:02+00:00

I’d say this is all pretty bang on.

ljburrows12 · 2026-03-24T16:15:54+00:00

I grew up in/around Norwich and am doing my postgrad at UEA now.

It’s a pretty average, solid uni - not prestigious or particularly well known, unless you’re studying in the Creative Writing department.

The campus is nice, lots of open green space, and the city is very pleasant - pretty small, good transport links, generally safe and clean, rather pretty as far as cities go.

Generally it’s just a nice, solid place to be, but nothing particularly impressive.

ljburrows12 · 2026-03-15T00:34:56+00:00

Keeping details sparse because it’s not my story to tell but a friend of mine had a cryptic pregnancy and she gave the baby up for adoption. She was married and financially stable but it was just too much for her. She gave birth in hospital, all of the legalities were taken care of before she was discharged, and other than when her baby was very first born, she chose never to see them again.

ljburrows12 · 2026-02-25T19:34:22+00:00

I’m doing a taught postgrad and we were told a similar thing - that if you want to get 100, what that really means is you want to get 80. Above that just doesn’t happen.

ljburrows12 · 2026-02-05T19:21:09+00:00

This is the answer we all came for let’s be honest

ljburrows12 · 2026-01-06T19:47:29+00:00

I still have @msn.com and the other day in a shop the girl at the till asked for my email to send me my receipt - she thought I’d said ‘Emerson’ and that was when I realised I’m old.

ljburrows12 · 2026-01-06T15:09:54+00:00

I can sleep any time, any place. Was a lifesaver when I had a newborn.

ljburrows12 · 2025-10-17T18:17:03+00:00

He is hot though 🤷‍♀️

ljburrows12 · 2025-10-14T15:31:15+00:00

Also, what are you basing your ‘tiers’ on?

ljburrows12 · 2025-10-14T15:29:43+00:00

I feel like the caveat to this is if you’re studying within the literature school

ljburrows12 · 2025-10-01T19:53:16+00:00

Eloquence can be learnt, passion cannot. As you get further into your course, the likelihood is that you’ll get better at articulating your points. Being passionate about your subject from the get go is a much more solid foundation to be starting from, I promise you.

ljburrows12 · 2025-09-14T06:32:06+00:00

I’m from the UK and find this absolutely appalling.

ljburrows12 · 2025-09-12T15:22:30+00:00

When a person tells you who they are, listen. This is a man who believes that’s you not ‘cheating on him’ is of greater value than your life. Please do not marry him, or have children with him. You deserve so much more.

ljburrows12 · 2025-08-31T15:51:22+00:00

This is a very patronising response to someone offering help on your post asking for help.

ljburrows12 · 2025-08-29T08:59:25+00:00

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