Tag: writing major

• The Writing Major, Part II: How it DID prepare me for life as an author

  Last week I looked back on my university writing major to evaluate the things it didn’t teach me about being an author or trying to write books for a living. This post is the follow-up to highlight the ways my program did prepare me for a career as a novelist. Author Things my Writing Major […]

  Julie Israel

  28 August, 2015

  Books, Writing

  authors, career advice, creative writing major, novelists, writers, writing major

• The Writing Major, Part I: What it didn’t teach me about being an author

  A recent chat with a friend got me thinking: There’s a lot a formal education in writing doesn’t teach you about writing—specifically, about being a novelist. And since the start of many collegiate school years is coming up and aspiring authors will be contemplating majors and minors, I thought it’d be a good time to […]

  Julie Israel

  21 August, 2015

  Books, Writing

  authors, career advice, creative writing major, novelists, writers, writing major