Which University has Writing Majors?

Question

I want to major in writing, creative writing, because I want to become a novelist, but I can't find a University in California with Writing Major besides UC Berkeley, but I don't think I'll be able to get there. Does anyone know of any other schools?

Answer 1

I'm a senior at Hollins University, a small private liberal arts women's college in Virginia. It's a GREAT school, and has a great English/creative writing program. Authors like Annie Dillard and Margaret Wise Brown (the latter wrote Goodnight Moon) graduated from Hollins. I'm majoring in English/Creative Writing, actually. The classes are small (the intro CRW class had 16 people) and the professors are really good. There's a screenwriting class, I took a Cinematic Adaptation class last semester. It's a great school... it is expensive, but financial aid can work with you.

Answer 2

I don't know of any in California. But I'm transferring to Columbia College Chicago where I will be majoring in Fiction Writing. They have an amazing program. You can choose from a variety of concentrations in writing like creative non-fiction or poetry. I have never heard of anywhere that has such an amazing program as Columbia College Chicago. I'm so excited about going there next semester! I can't wait! Their website has a wealth of information for you to peruse if you are interested.

By the way, Columbia has open admissions which means that they are not very strict on who they let in based on academics, ACT scores and the like. They have been considering getting stricter though, because of the rise in enrollment.

And in response to the naysayer, the degree does help publishers weed out who are worthy of taking a look at. They get millions of stories a day, so seeing someone with a degree is going to tell them, hey they have training in this, they might actually know what they are doing. But that's not the point. The point of Columbia is the networking. Publishers come to the college at least a few times a month from what I hear. They will sit down with you at some point, read your portfolio, and tell you what they are looking for. Also you get to meet tons and tons of other writers. Its all about the training and the networking. Good Luck! Don't let any bitter people bring down your dream!

Answer 3

Taking a creative writing course or major is not going to help you become a novelist, really. Sure, you'll learn a few tips about how to get published and get plenty of attention dedicated to your work, but really, it's sort of pointless. I used to be a Creative Writing major at a Canadian university, it was full of pretentious people who were so stuck on themselves that their writing was crap and I could **** psuedo art out of my butt for an A before they could say oh, post modern surrealism jargon. Funny and depressing thing was that my professors always kissed my *** even when I made fun of them in my writing. They loved it. I dropped Creative writing when they wanted me to read publicly though. It was one thing to shite on a page for a GPA lift, another thing to actually go out in public and pretend to be pretentious, double pretentious.

I think it would be best to take an English Lit. program with a concentration in creative writing to help your GPA. Even better, if you want to be a novelist, why not study something besides literature or just do a literature and creative writing minor if you need the attention? What are your interests? What do you want to write about? Most novelists do not actually have degrees in creative writing. It's not like publishers are going to read your book and then be like "oh, she doesn't have a creative writing degree? well I can't publish that!" Writing isn't about academic qualifications.

What do you want to do when you need to pay rent? No offence, but most novelists aren't novelists right away. You'll probably need a day job and if you're lucky you won't need it for long. Unless of course you plan on marrying a rich man who will support your house wifery and then you can stay at home and write until your uterus explodes with offspring.

I'm not being a nay sayer. If you want to write, go for it. I'm just letting you in on a little secret, creative writing classes are a joke!

Answer 4

Filming stuff= College Story write or etc= University (U of Toronto is a good choice)

Answer 5

a lot of english majors have creative writing concentrations.