Yesterday’s meeting.

So as I am sure everyone remembers, yesterday in class, 3 creative writing teachers came into speak to us writing arts majors. I had class with one of the professors before, and really do cherish what he has to say. After the talk, I think most students felt a little discouraged as writing majors. It wasn’t that the professors told us not to major in writing with creative aspects, but they did tell us that creative writing can not be a career. One of the professors had mentioned that writing is a vocation, not a career. She talked about the visions we have of becoming famous writers which are mostly taken from television and film.  I definitley see many of my life goals stemming from popular culture.  After the meeting, I had the choice of being discouraged, or of taking the best interpretation of the event to heart.  I decided that yes, it was quite diffucult to hear that my passion can’t also become my career, but as the professors said, incportating some other area of expertise with writing can ultimately create great results.  Now I just have to choose one of my millions of interests to go along with my writing.