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Anonymous Wed Dec 11 22:35:55 2013 No.4360376 [DELETED]

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How many great writer went through a creative writing class before getting famous?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 22:53:26 2013 No.4360444 Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor are the only ones I can think of. Almost all"great" writers only did the equivalent of a BA in literature/classics and then continued to read on their own. Most weren't even great students.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 22:58:26 2013 No.4360458 File: 71 KB, 620x620, 1381728167430.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bumping

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:02:26 2013 No.4360464 >>4360376 >equivalent of a BA in literature/classics Do you think it helped?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:06:28 2013 No.4360473 >>4360464 it couldnt hurt

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:15:27 2013 No.4360487 File: 10 KB, 193x281, watch-out-by-joseph-suglia.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The greatest author in the world has a doctorate in comparative literature.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:31:27 2013 No.4360533 >>4360487 Is that a book about being gay? Couldn't find a plot description but the movie poster looks kinda suspcious.