To become an author/writer/novelist, what college should one attend?

Question

I want to become a writer/author/novelist but what are some good colleges that have the classes I need to become one? What degrees is it under in? English Literature? Creative writing? I’m lost..

Answer 1

To be a writer, a great major would be English. In the English major, you can study particular facets such as Speech, Creative Writing, Argumentative Writing, and Literature (American, British, World). Some good colleges for majors such as these include:

U of Washington, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University to name a few.


Believe it or not, some smaller schools can garnish rave reviews for their preparation in the English major:

Bowdoin College (Maine), Grinnell College (Iowa), St. Mary's University (Minnesota), and Claremont-McKenna (California).


The key in the English major is to know that pretty much wherever you study, the major is going to be fairly similar. You may have more resources at Vanderbilt than you would at Grinnell, but sometimes the smaller classes make up for the bigger accomodations. If you are aiming for a certain degree aim for either a general English degree, a degree in English - Language & Letters, or a degree in English - Creative Writing. It's very broad and you can specify your particular interest upon entering the program. It's very easy. Good luck!

Answer 2

First you should widen your vocabulary and how that word was created before taking a Creative writing. There are a of good universities that offer that class but I think you should enroll on the universities nearest to your place for convenient sake.
While reading the works of other writer/novelist try to analyze their style coz every writer has their own respective style. So make sure you will develop your own as you go on, so you can be famous.
Good luck!
Promise I'll buy your first book.

Answer 3

There's no degree required to be a novelist. Just study what you're interested in and what you're likely to write about, or study writing in general and go from there. I'm aiming for the same career path, and my major is Writing Arts with an emphasis on creative writing. But even with a writing degree, you're not going to make a career out of writing novels automatically. You'll likely have to get another job to support yourself while you write, so think about that when you're choosing a major.

Answer 4

Arts College, and you have to attend the arts class for doing better results

Answer 5

i never knew you wanted to be a writer too. well,from my expreience ,ill go for finance as major-minor english creative of writing. then after bechelor ill see if ill go for wirting as a career or not if so ill go for english as major for master.
i hope this helps, bye bye :)

Answer 6

dont be lost look at different choices and courses around
there are so much choice good luck