Thinking of doing a Creative Writing degree?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2015
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the fact I'm actually using my free time to look up this kind of degree shows that I actually want to do this.
Tom Cunnington Glad to hear that! Definitely do your research, find a uni that does the right CW course for you :)
Me too! Check this out dude.
Great video! Pretty too! I've been trying my hand at poetic creative writing!
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I hope you enjoyed reading this.
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a little late but i am thinking the exact same thing
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Hi! I'm an INFP too and I totally relate to your comment and I love writing and really want to do this!
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I just have to say that, as a science student at university, difficulty is subjective. The idea of creative writing fills me with dread - however much I wish it didn't as I used to love it! I know so many people who find degree level maths a breeze, but can't actually string a sentence together! I feel so enraged when people say "oh such and such a degree is stupid/easy etc." because I would really like to see them try manage the essay/reading workload of a humanities student!
Though, have to say, my opinion seems very rare among my peers sadly!
Really interesting video though! I was torn between English and Chemistry and ended up on a natural sciences course doing a mix and match of sciences! Often wonder if I made the right choice though!
I'm majoring in biochemistry and minoring in evolution+conservation (we have to have a major/minor in two core disciplines - mine are chemistry and biology). I'm hoping to do a PhD and go in to research! =) So, really my options are lab based but that's what I'd like to do! Though I have friends on my course who have gone on to do certain branches of law that require a science background, teaching, accountancy and other quantitative things. Most people on science based degrees, it has to be said, end up in further education or teaching!
Until you have Dr before you name you're at the mercy of someone bigger and better than you! You're in their research group and get to do a project around what they study, so it's independent but with boundaries, if that makes sense?! I'd only apply for a position which was in an area that I was interested in so, really, it is 99% my choice what I end up doing!
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No, this video was VERY informative, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!
I stopped writing for a while because I am focusing in forensic psychology but I really wanted to do creative writing and put my stories out there. I don't want my career to be forced like what I have now as a tech. I want to be happy. Thank you for this video, it gave me an idea how creative writing is.
This has encouraged me to take creative writing even more now, It seems really fun!
I'm glad! I hope you enjoy it! :)
You make fantastic points. The reason I decided to pursue creative writing was the desire to become a better writer.
I agree with the idea thing. Where you don’t have tons of ideas but once you have one you can write for pages and pages. I’m only a freshman in high school and I tried the Creative Writing class. I love it. I’m so glad I discovered it in my school and can take it again if I want to. But I love writing and could continue on and on and on but it takes awhile for an idea. We had a 700 word minimum for a short short story and I wrote over 1000 words and 6 pages.
The thought of that I’m actually spending time and watching this video is kinda just telling myself how much I want to do this. Not so much a degree, but take a class for this subject.
Workshops were also very difficult for me, and ultimately I'm not sure how I feel about them for Creative Writing degrees -- I feel like I was so full of fear/dread/shame that it was hard to not take every slight criticism personally, even though often people were being really kind -- and when people were enthusiastic I almost... didn't believe them? I think it's just very strange, because it felt as if there were a particular "type" of writing we were supposed to be doing (literary fiction) that was "the best" writing and otherwise we kind of tore each other apart for not living up to it.
idk whether to do creative writing or psychology
you could always do psychology and join in some form of creative writing social group at uni? or just do writing in your spare time?
thank you
blurry pepe take a minor in one of them
omg same!
I'm a young writer (I'm 16 and my first book will hit the shelves in a month) and now I'm thorn between psychology and creative writing.
Ladyrock Dethhart ladyrock same here
Workshops are very terrifying! Completely agree :) and this video was awesome. I'm coming to the end of my CW masters and it's the hardest thing I've ever done!
I wish you had made this when I was getting ready to choose my degree; great video!
I studied playwriting and literature at Emerson College in Boston and had a experience. I do think, though, that you learn a TON when you study creative writing... So much of what I learned about storytelling has served me really well in other jobs totally unrelated to writing. The art of narrative is invaluable, no matter what job you end up doing!
This all sounds amazing! It’s so cool that you got to try so many different genres!
Hiiii, I am taking creative writing because I want to work in a publishing house. I really loved your video, it was very useful for me x
That sounds brilliant! Good luck with it :) thank you, I'm glad it helped x
She is spot on .. that's how I feel about creative writing. Thankyou for this 😀
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I can't relate to your stories. I'm taking a creative writing class right now and it's one of the most difficult classes I've taken. It is almost killing my desire for writing, but I won't give up.
Thank you. I'm doing it because it's the only option I have left. I can't teach around children (I have a psychotic disorder), go into the medical field due to having a mental illness, am not attractive enough to be a waitress or in retail. Pretty much I can be a janitor, a busser, a dishwasher or work fast food. Right now, that's not even possible, but I hope I'll become clearer with this degree. Thanks for sharing your experience.
There is basically a blind, deaf and not speaking professor in my old uni in my country. As I remember, it was a man, so he wrote a book and he somehow do a research. He's a psychologist. There is a ton, TON of psychologists who have some sort of disorders. I'm not sure that you like psychology but there is ton of things which you can do. You just never thought about them that way or they weren't interesting to you or anything other reason. Just try to look it up and you'll find what you can do besides that. You are more than your disorder and you can do more than people expect from you. (I'm not trying to being just a stupidly positive or ignore your feelings. I'm looking to get diagnosis with Asperger Syndrome. So, I can relate to you in some level. I just trying to think about myself beyound all of this)
Hello Katie,
I wanted to thank you for posting this Video on the Creative Writing Degree. You are very correct. I am also a Creative Writing Student, with focuses in Poetry and Non-Fiction. I too believe that people do and should pursue Creative Writing Degrees purely out of love for the subject. You need to love the subject as well, because it is simply a very taxing Degree. Workshops will kick you emotional ass. I know this all too well.
In addition, with a degree in Creative Writing, regardless of the genre of focus, you are in pursuit of becoming a skillful and competent writer, at least I hope so. Furthermore, Creative Writing also opens avenues to Journalism, Marketing, Business, Economics, Teaching, Communications, Etc. Especially within Journalism, where you write, broadcast, photograph, interview, and investigate, writing and having the ability to clearly and correctly communicate via verbal communication, or through written form, is crucial.
Thank your for posting your videos, and I look forward to your reply if you so desire.
Cheers!
great video. I'm thinking on going back to college for creative writing. This is very helpful, thank you.
Ahhh, Katie, if I hadn't already got my BA, I would want to go and study Creative Writing RIGHT NOW. Fabulous video! Also, your hair looks beautiful
Thanks a lot for this! It helps me a lot. I am planning to take creative writing after I finish my grad.studies in lit. I hope I can finish these two masters because I really love literature as well as writing sooo much!
Really useful video, I was in between two minds over choosing a Creative Writing degree and in the end I chose to do Creative Studies so combining a bit of writing with a bit of practical work in theatre and video making :) x Had loads of people questioning what's the point of my degree but I've given up caring at the end of my first year now, trusting to follow something I love will get me further in life and happier than just settling for picking an easy route!
Creative writing lends itself to lots of questions about the future but I don't see any difference between that and geography for example. Both subjects are usually taken to enjoy rather than thinking ahead, it's best that way ;)
hi! its been four years, where have you ended up?
I start my creative writing degree in less than a week and I've found relatively little study tips or advice but this is really helpful!
This was really awesome! I took a CW module for my first year and really loved it. I miss it a lot.
Thank you! I can't imagine doing uni without it, so much fun :) x
The 100tv show!! So good!!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us 💓
this was very useful! Thank you :)
I did English & Creative Writing too & Creative Writing was definitely my favourite part! Your programme sounds amazing though with all those different modules - especially the Writing in the City one :) x
I'm glad you enjoyed it! The writing the city module was brilliant, we got to visit history centres and find out old court cases, cities in the war and things like that so it was really interesting writing about them! x
Katie Ruby That sounds amazing! So jealous! x
I want to do creative writing and film studies but also want to study media and film studies
ᗪᖇEᗩᗰᒍᑭᖇOᗪᑌᑕTIOᑎ some uni's you can do more than one thing :) I did creative writing and english lit, other people in my course did creative writing and film studies etc so it's possible :)
@@KatieRuby which university is best for creative writing undergraduate degree
I realized my second year of college that I hated my major in Computer Science, but I was writing and reading for fun in my free time. This video was very helpful and encouraging, I think that as long as you're happy with what you're doing, that's all that matters. I'm nervous as to what to expect in class, but I think it was the right decision. Thank you for making this video :)
Similar situation. I pretty much always thought I was gonna go into Computer Science but I've realized recent that my true passion is with writing. Wishing you luck!
@@ElynourRummyng me too! Everyone expects I'll be choosing engineering but I don't really see myself as an engineer in the future. Now I'll be taking HUMSS strand then take CW in college
@@Yrae26 Nice! Yeah for me it was thinking about where I"d be in the future, and I really didn't see me being a programmer in the future either.
Thank you for posting this. I'm starting English Lit and Creative Writing soon and as someone who only writes and publishes poetry, I'm scared about doing prose and scriptwriting! Any tips? X
Thank You your video was informative
Hi! Thank you for the video...very helpful. Just out of curiosity, where did you study?
It's so good you enjoyed your creative writing course. I actually embarked upon a Creative Writing/English Literature degree at the start of university, but didn't like the way my university taught/approached creative writing, it sucked the fun out of it for me. I switched to straight English Literature, with a specialist on Medieval Literature, and now am about to start a Medieval Studies Masters, so the decision really affected my future apparently! Where did you do you degree? :)
Ooh that's interesting! I think it does depend on teachers massively. I had a terrible teacher that taught me for a module each year and they were the lowest marks I got simply because I avoided lectures with him! I can understand why you swapped, the medieval lit sounds brilliant - I hope your masters goes well! x
University of Kent ^^ xx
great video, how do you feel about online courses? im looking at the open university...
Thank you so much for the video.~ 😁
Thanks for the video. I'm looking to pursue poetry myself, as well as 2D digital art somewhat. Would you say a creative writing degree would be a good fit for me?
Great video. One big thing to note though is that most degrees open up huge career opportunities within many areas. You arent limited to a career ONLY in creative writing and literature if you get your degree in that. Obviously every degree tends to come with a relavant path which opens up afterwards, but there are a lot of management jobs and relatively high calibre jobs which will take someone on because they have a degree. Not because of what the degree is in. There are one or two courses that wont be seen as strong degrees but mostly a degree should be looked at as a degree when your starting out and you should choose what you love to do. Of course if your heart is set on a career in Law then a Law degree makes more sense. But if you arent sure of what you want to do in the future yet then a degree should just be seen as a big key to open a million doors for jobs you would have to otherwise start far down the ladder to aquire.
Oh definitely :) I know I'm probably not going to get a job related to writing or publishing but creative writing was what I enjoyed at the time and since there is no guarantee of a job at the end of whatever degree you have, it might as well be something you enjoy!
Great video
hey, where did you get your creative writing degree?
Last year I was doing a major in French literature but I chose to do a major in literature and writings and I'm enjoying it. I still have literature critics classes. I have one class that I don't really enjoy (medieval literature) but it's fine. I guess the first semester is not always the most interesting of all. Thank you for making this video. Sometimes, I feel lost in my choice of doing this degree, I changed University and I don't know if I liked it better before or more now.
I know what you mean, it can be hard to choose a subject, all of them have their positive and negatives. I hope you enjoy what you do choose to study in the end!
Thank you Katie !
gosh, workshops is scary... thats partly why I havent gone to a creative writing club in high school yet...
where did you do your degree?
I'm stuck between creative writing and mathematics.
Just food for thoughts for you:): I've been stuck between writing and engineering when I was your age. I decided to do engineering and got a professional career in this field. I have a job that is stable and pays for my comfortable house and multiple holidays. Holidays from which I usually bring a short story or a poem... I brought a novel idea from one as well. I got back to writing a few years ago and despite doing it in my non-native language I've already had some small success. I learned everything from th internet (read:google and youtube), books and audiobooks on writing and some amazing people from writing groups I attend. I write in evenings and on weekends, sometimes I take a day off my day job to write a bit. Sure, some days I think to myself: what would my life look like if I went to do writing at uni? Well, maybe I'd turn out great, or maybe I'd starve (I didn't have a privilege of generational wealth)... Would I do anything differently if I could go back in time? Hell no.
Hi! I know this is late but can you recommend any universities? I would really appreciate it!
Thank you sooo much for this! I am Brazilian, and in my country there is only one CW course available :/ I love writing so much and it is sad that not everyone understands why... well, I hope I can apply for uni somewhere else!
That is sad that there is so little choice! I hope you manage to find one in the future :)
Katie Ruby thank you! 💜
That's a good question though: What _do_ you learn in class? Just wondering
Would you recommend I study creative writing if I want to be an editor? Or should I just stick to English
+ Would it be suitable for someone who reads a lot but not write as much to study creative writing? Side note, I absolutely enjoy writing
Hi. I m from Turkey and my greatest passion is writing but there is no creative writing section in my country. So I want to study abroad. Sadly I have no clue about how am I going to do it or which country should I go. In addition to that English is not my first language which makes it even harder to write. However I m confident about my self and I know that I can do it but there are so much obstacle to be come through.
The reason why I m writing this comment is this. If there is anyone who can help or inform me about these stuff please I need your help!
My name is Murat by the way
If you are interested in writing in English then obviously studying in England is best. I would look online into the best uni's in the UK for creative writing and then see if they have any international programmes and things :) if you feel confident you'd be able to write in English then go for it! But remember that you will have to do lots of essays and a dissertation and the word counts are often long. Hard enough for someone for which English is a first language never mind second :) if it's something you really want, then go for it!
Hi! So, did you take creative writing?
@@homchenkoVal no, I am studying English literature. I forgot writing that. Damn. Its been 6 years since that.
@@muratsimsek1977 haha sorry, I'm just in a similar situation so I was curious whether you studied or not :)
@@homchenkoVal I hope things work out better for you than they did for me ^^
The advantage of writing a good book is the absence of the internet :) No wonder the best stories come from England.
Where did you go to university? If you don't mind me asking? This was very helpful! I'm currently completing my UCAS application to hopefully go on to do an English Literature and Creative Writing degree 😊
Sofia Hadley-johnson good luck with your application and getting into uni :) I went to the University of Hull.
I'm thinking of doing creative writing degree is it a good idea to do?
What University did you attend? I'm thinking of getting a creative writing degree in the UK
I'm from Romania and I would really like to study in UK, I really like how the English and Creative Writing degree sounds and I would like to become an editor, is it hard to find a job and is the income ok?
I would love to do a creative writing degree, however I don't want to just get a degree and do nothing with it. How was it for you in terms of a career??
What university did you go to?
Is there any website where I can get sample for a Creative Writing PhD research proposal ?
Your eyes are freekin crazy gorgeous, if I may be so bold
No you may not....crossing the line tepidly. Go hard(er) or go home!!
I went like half way through before just .. u know. being enlightened
Thank you very much for you help!!! Can you tell me if you study grammar in english?
Jana García if you study English language then I'm sure you do, but if you study creative writing or English literature then grammar isn't massively covered.
My two years at The New School" was misery!
What where the modules you did??
Themes and transformation omg I'm doing that!!!!
I hope you enjoy it, it was one of my favourite modules!
ill let you when I get my head around it lol.Did you read Ovid Metamophoses?
+Gemini M not in its entirety but we looked at a few chapters.
Yeah that's what we aim to do and I'm reading Henry the IV which is true tongue twister so any tips u can give me to plough through my 1st year is appreciated x
Hey! I really want to pursue a career in creative writing but I'm having trouble choosing uni..where did you study?
I was at University of Hull but I know Warwick and Machester Met are known to be quite good for cw courses :)
In the work shops (in your experience), do you have to share your work aloud or give a written version for feedback?
Your tutors like a written version so they can have a read and give you feedback. In the workshops you usually share your work too, but in small groups rather than the whole class :)
Is it hard to keep up with both creative writing and English at the same time? I was never good under pressure, and I'm not sure if I should go for both. I would love to though, but I'm just not sure if it's something that is heavy to go through.
valeria salas you do the same amount of modules whatever you do, if you were to just do English you'd have the same number of modules to do, it's just if you do creative writing AND English, they are split between the two so it's no more work :)
This was interesting. I'm currently in year 11 at secondary. Hoping to be a fiction writer when I'm older, could you suggest the best courses in college/uni? I pretty much have no clue what I should take, apart from creative writing and english-lang (at college), and need some general life directions, lol.
If you want to be a fiction writer, then Creative Writing is obviously a great degree to do at Uni. I liked doing English aswell just because being well read obviously means you're going to write better. Plus you can take inspiration from authors you read I suppose. If you're going to do English and CW at Uni I would suggest doing English Literature at college. I did English language at A level and while I did enjoy it, I feel like if you do English lit, you'll be more prepared for what university expects :)
+Katie Ruby I'm applying for college next week and its really scary... I think I'll go with Language, Lit, CW and philosophy though. I'm still unsure on lit because my older brother (he writes too) said it was really stressful. :/
And thanks for the reply :)
Hi! My name is Valeria, I'm from Perú and I would love to study CW at uni. However, there is no CW degree in my country, so I am planning to study abroad. Do you know which universities in the UK are the best for this particular subject?
Warwick University and Manchester Met are supposed to be good, as well as Kingston Uni in London. My uni (University of Hull) was great too :) I would do some research online as to the best ones. A lot of universities offer Creative Writing as an addition to doing an English degree too so you'll have to think about whether you want to do CW alone or CW with English :)
Hey! I have to ask something! Can I major in Creative Writing and then minor in Literature? I really wanna do both.
I should think so! I did Creative Writing and lit at degree level 😊
So, I'm about to start my third semester of high school and I know I want to study CR and English lit, but I don't really have that much money and I don't think I'll make it to a scholarship since
A) I'm a foreigner.
B) I'm not the brightest student in subjects other than those that have to do with arts (history, drawing, reading, grammar, etc.)
So I might have to give up one of them. My question is: how expensive is it to study both of them?
valeria salas to be honest, I'm from the UK and have no idea how foreign universities work, sorry!
valeria salas depending on how long you've lived in the states, you can apply for fafsa in your senior year of college
can creative writing majors after they earn their bachelors degree, can they also get their teaching license? I want to do it, I want to be a copywriter and a novelist but I also want to teach, I've been writing all my life its what I feel I was born to do. I want to major in creative writing and move to NYC
michelle kearsey In the UK you can become a teacher if you have any degree, related to education or not, but I have no idea how the American system works. I'd maybe do a bit of a research if I were you! :)
What university did u go to?
I’m considering going back to school so I can get a degree and work as a novelist. I already write on FanFiction.Net. I am also considering ethical hacking but I’m more creative than smart... >_>
Does this course land you in a job?
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i dont know if i want to study creative writing or English
im dutch, and if i pick english i get to express my passion for the language, and i get to go to London (i completely fell inlove with the country)
and i get to write creatively
if i pick writing, then i get to write and focuse on that.
and writing is really a pasion of me
So honest. You do a degree in writing because you want to
Did u write a book or any story? I would love to read it.. Plz share it?
Alex Love we had to write a piece of writing equivalent length to a dissertation, so not long enough for a novel :) I'll maybe share the stuff I wrote for it one day though ;)
share some stories
you have very pretty eyes
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