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I'm pretty old and grumpy myself - but I'm finding doing a MA in Creative Writing is helping me to consider new possibilities, and is a good counterweight to the dumbing-down effect of the ageist identitites one is invited on all sides to assume - such as 'grumpy old...' Instead of rehearsing your prejudices, why not question them/ Liven up a little?John Whewayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03980731100431358344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-34670201014429448712010-01-05T21:10:06.458+00:002010-01-05T21:10:06.458+00:00I bet a thousand dollars your novels, as you call ...I bet a thousand dollars your novels, as you call them, were either self-published, or published by presses that would accept anything with a normal temperature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-78613385710329602292009-11-21T20:53:43.397+00:002009-11-21T20:53:43.397+00:00I think this is a very negative view of doctoral d...I think this is a very negative view of doctoral degrees in Creative Writing - tarring them all with the same brush. You say that a 'real' PhD involves original research, does a creative idea/work not also require a great deal of effort and originality, and hard work? Not every one can write a novel at the weekend. Besides some of these courses, even what some call the jumped up polytechnics provide funding to do them, and I don't know about you but to be offered three years to concentrate on writing to me would be a luxury, one I'd jump at. <br />I have done a Masters in Creative Writing at a so-called top ranking RAE university, and found the teaching standard there appalling, [yes they were all published and prized, but what did they know about teaching?] I have now come to believe, and this has certainly been my experience lately, it is often the small departments who may have less known tutors who [are qualified teachers] are far superior in terms of supervision, support and care. <br />You also ask why people do them, or what good they are? The fact is, in America, for example, to gain a position at university it is not enough any more to have written a book, you are also expected to have a PhD. It may go the same way in the UK eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-40147606303755766902008-12-13T12:52:00.000+00:002008-12-13T12:52:00.000+00:00Getting a PhD in Creative Writing doesn't guarante...Getting a PhD in Creative Writing doesn't guarantee publication afterwards...but surely it can, if anything, help you improve in your writing! It depends how much you love to write, and how much time, space you have available to do so. Sadly, depending on one's circumstances, writing might not be an option for sustained and thoughtful creative work during weekends and evenings! As a woman from Cyprus, who's always loved to write I can tell you this much: in Cyprus, you are not encouraged to wtite, you're not given time to write, and quite frankly with the set of cultural sexist obligations and the ridiculous cost of living in relation to the wages earned, you don't even have the space to write! So in my case, and I speak for many others also, a PhD in Creative Writing would be anything but useless. It would give me the time and space needed to work on my passion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703956544379866834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1159569223036857982006-09-29T23:33:00.000+01:002006-09-29T23:33:00.000+01:00I understand your concern. But surely you can't lu...I understand your concern. But surely you can't lump all creative writing PhDs together? You may spend only 200-300 hours on a novel - that's 10 weeks full-time at the most, or double that if you do it in your spare time. Most people take a lot longer - and i suspect most serious literature would as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com