: Re: What are the most appropriate types of degrees (or kinds of schooling) that a would-be successful writer should aim to obtain? What kinds of schooling should a teenager, trying to decide on

@Becky328

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From talking to people in the classes I took the following 3 creative writing programs came up repeatedly:

Sarah Lawrence College
University of Iowa
Columbia University

I never had the money or time to go back for an creative writing degree but I found a lot of good teachers at the Gotham Writers Workshop. They also have online classes.

From experience the two things that have helped improve my writing the most were:

Write a lot (one of my teachers recommendation was write 10 pages a week no matter what) - probably the single best piece of writing advice I ever got.
Find a workshop where every member is required to give feedback and it should be in the form of:

One good aspect about your work.
On aspect that needs improvement.
They can only judge your work - not you.

Hope that helps.

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