Bouvre Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 which sounds like cause for celebration and a round of drinks, until I tell you I'm a fiction MFA candidate and drinking is practically a fundamental part of the routine and now that I'm out I'm looking forward to cutting back.
Codename: Jackass Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 Gonna go for a doctorate? Can we call you Dr. Bouvre?
Bouvre Posted May 8, 2017 Author Posted May 8, 2017 Gonna go for a doctorate? Can we call you Dr. Bouvre? They're few and far between. The places that offer them only offer about one position a year. But I'm not entirely opposed to the idea, mainly because it's an easy way to secure tenure, provides more collegiate teaching experience, is fully funded, and gives the writer time to work on their craft. A lot of my professors dismiss it, but the state of adjunct teaching is so much different than it was for them, so it might actually be a wiser idea now. So that's an option, plus the Stegner Fellowship at Stanford, which is similarly competitive but also an unfailing way to boost your career.
Bouvre Posted May 8, 2017 Author Posted May 8, 2017 Congratulations. Starbucks is hiring I hear. > I hope so. I think I'd make a good copywriter.
Ginguy Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 I hope so. I think I'd make a good copywriter. Well played. p.s. Perhaps you can re-write their menu in English. >
Kagome-san101 Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 which sounds like cause for celebration and a round of drinks, until I tell you I'm a fiction MFA candidate and drinking is practically a fundamental part of the routine and now that I'm out I'm looking forward to cutting back. congratulations anyways! <3
Bouvre Posted May 8, 2017 Author Posted May 8, 2017 congrats Thank ya! I still have the thesis work but that's what I've been doing on top of my coursework for the last three months, so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm at 85 pages of a 150 page minimum.
Naraku4656 Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 Thank ya! I still have the thesis work but that's what I've been doing on top of my coursework for the last three months, so it shouldn't be a problem. I'm at 85 pages of a 150 page minimum. i can't remember the last time i read 150 pages. i probably wrote 150 pages over the course of my entire school career up until college lol
Bouvre Posted May 9, 2017 Author Posted May 9, 2017 i can't remember the last time i read 150 pages. i probably wrote 150 pages over the course of my entire school career up until college lol I had two options: use my short stories written for class as my thesis, so the 150 pages would be readily available for comments and critique from the committee, or write a novel, which usually means writing short stories for class plus an extra 150 or so for the thesis. So I'm writing something around 260 pages in my two years here.
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 which sounds like cause for celebration and a round of drinks, until I tell you I'm a fiction MFA candidate and drinking is practically a fundamental part of the routine and now that I'm out I'm looking forward to cutting back. LETS PARTY BEFORE YOU CUT BACK -_'
Bouvre Posted May 9, 2017 Author Posted May 9, 2017 LETS PARTY BEFORE YOU CUT BACK -_' In the immortal words of Bartleby: "I would prefer not to."
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 In the immortal words of Bartleby: "I would prefer not to." Fine. But we still gotta hang
Bouvre Posted May 9, 2017 Author Posted May 9, 2017 Fine. But we still gotta hang You've got the car. I've got the boring college town.
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 You've got the car. I've got the boring college town. Actually my other half has the car. Mine is here but WAY illegal to drive right now BUT FINEEEEE before you go off on another adventure to 3,000 miles away somewhere we can make this happen.
Bouvre Posted May 9, 2017 Author Posted May 9, 2017 Actually my other half has the car. Mine is here but WAY illegal to drive right now BUT FINEEEEE before you go off on another adventure to 3,000 miles away somewhere we can make this happen. Hell yeah.
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