I have always set my goal for Harvard, but all I want to do is write books, the thing is that I don't know if I should still go with Harvard, or should I just find a school that specializes in writing? What would help me most?
2007-12-31 06:49:14 · 7 answers · asked by Love...love....love... 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I am Harvard material, actually.. So idk, I guess I'll just apply to everything... I know I can't live off writing, so I am going to get an education to have a career, not to mention A LIFE!! I think I'll go into teaching, and meanwhile work on my book... either teaching, or I don't know, whatever life hands me on the way :D
2008-01-02 13:32:23 · update #1
If all you want to do is "write books", then WRITE.
Most authors didn't study writing at college. You can't learn writing by being taught how to write. You can only learn writing by doing it.
That said, college is a great way of seeing a large cross-section of the community interacting, and what you most need in order to be able to write well is to be able to get inside characters' heads. And to do that you need experience of how lots of different people think.
I'd go to Harvard, and study literature - i.e., not how you should write, but how the great authors did it. And then write your books. But you should be aware that most books are never published, and even if you cross that hurdle, most authors who do have published books don't make enough money from them to live on. You need a career in mind which isn't "novelist."
2007-12-31 07:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you actually Harvard material or do you just think you are because you're a "little Einstein" according to your mom?
2007-12-31 19:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
University of Iowa has one of the strongest writing programs in the country, University of Illinois in Chicago has another.
I would suggest a degree in English though, with a lot of writing classes as electives. A writing degree is much more limiting if you actually have to do something to pay the rent while working on the great American novel.
2007-12-31 19:05:17 · answer #3 · answered by Lulu B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stanford or Yale. They have strong humanities departments.
2007-12-31 17:47:10 · answer #4 · answered by Eurydike 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Columbia
NYU
there are so many colleges that are good for writing.
2007-12-31 14:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
UPenn (University of Pennsylvania) is a good college and they're very well-known for their writing programs.
Ignore Ranto. If you can get into Harvard, you could get in just about anywhere else on a lot more scholarships than Harvard would give you. I knew a girl who easily could have gotten into Yale, chose to go elsewhere (I'm not even sure she applied to Yale), and got a full scholarship - which saved her bucket-loads of money in the end.
2007-12-31 14:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by the Politics of Pikachu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
While lots of schools have good writing programs, it would not be very smart in going to one that specializes in writing. If you can get into Harvard, you would be foolish to go anywhere else.
2007-12-31 14:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by Ranto 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋