Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 A little closer to being completely finished with my MFA. All that's left is the oral defense and the public reading. <3
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 You're going to be a star, Darling. I've always wanted to be the reason werewolf fiction made a comeback.
discolé monade Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 A little closer to being completely finished with my MFA. All that's left is the oral defense and the public reading. <3 this is so EXCITING!! i am actually really happy for you, and i don't even know you! > > gawd..i am such a dork.
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 this is so EXCITING!! i am actually really happy for you, and i don't even know you! > > gawd..i am such a dork. I am nonetheless overwhelmed by your support; thank you! <3
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 My committee members include my advisor (a fiction professor) one poetry professor, and one literature professor, whose focus is post-structural narrative analysis, and genre studies. The novel-in-progress is a reflexive, very offbeat detective story. Oral defense is going to be lit.
scoobdog Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 A little closer to being completely finished with my MFA. All that's left is the oral defense and the public reading. <3 Did you get it bound?
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 Did you get it bound? I probably will when I submit it to the graduate school, but I emailed a copy to two of the profs and mailed one hard copy this morning. There's been some changes in policy regarding binding, so I'm not sure what I'll be doing until I return to campus.
discolé monade Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Did you get it bound? ooooh like in moleskin? that would be nice.
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 ooooh like in moleskin? that would be nice. Turns out they don't accept bound copies anymore. It's all done exclusively through ProQuest. I checked my guidelines.
death_by_motorboat Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Congrats! I think I can hear the smart they teached you
scoobdog Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Turns out they don't accept bound copies anymore. It's all done exclusively through ProQuest. I checked my guidelines. Bummer. Getting that work bound is when it feels like the real thing.
katt_goddess Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Turns out they don't accept bound copies anymore. It's all done exclusively through ProQuest. I checked my guidelines. I think that's done partially to keep things impartial. Some people might not be able to afford getting something all bound so this way, everyone hands in their work as their work and not as something wrapped in fancy. ...get it bound after it's all done. <.< >.>
scoobdog Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 I think that's done partially to keep things impartial. Some people might not be able to afford getting something all bound so this way, everyone hands in their work as their work and not as something wrapped in fancy. ...get it bound after it's all done. <.< >.> My school required that I get two books bound professionally before submission.
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 Bummer. Getting that work bound is when it feels like the real thing. The length of the work is only 150 pages double-spaced, which isn't the entirety of the work itself. So while it would feel done, it would also feel a little too early.
Bouvre Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 I think that's done partially to keep things impartial. Some people might not be able to afford getting something all bound so this way, everyone hands in their work as their work and not as something wrapped in fancy. ...get it bound after it's all done. <.< >.> Binding traditionally happened after defense and reading, so it's not really affecting any perspective of the work.
DragonSinger Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 My committee members include my advisor (a fiction professor) one poetry professor, and one literature professor, whose focus is post-structural narrative analysis, and genre studies. The novel-in-progress is a reflexive, very offbeat detective story. Oral defense is going to be lit. I wish we could see a video of this. I've seen oral defenses of other subjects, but never this one.
scoobdog Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 The length of the work is only 150 pages double-spaced, which isn't the entirety of the work itself. So while it would feel done, it would also feel a little too early. How long is the complete novel?
Top Gun Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 and one literature professor, whose focus is post-structural narrative analysis ...I'm not sure I've ever heard of a more navel-gazing specialization.
enad Posted October 7, 2017 Posted October 7, 2017 All that's left is the oral defense <3 How many professors are you supposed to blow for a Masters in 2017, adjusted for inflation?
Bouvre Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 I wish we could see a video of this. I've seen oral defenses of other subjects, but never this one. It's a little like this: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense
Bouvre Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 How long is the complete novel? I imagine I'm about halfway done with it
Bouvre Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 ...I'm not sure I've ever heard of a more navel-gazing specialization. Post Structuralism is bae.
Bouvre Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 How many professors are you supposed to blow for a Masters in 2017, adjusted for inflation? Depends on their tenure status. There are certain poets I'd blow in my spare time tbh.
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