Leaving Music For Writing. Now Stranded, Help?

College Majors
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<p>Alright. Here's the situation. Went to a great Music Theatre school, decided it's not for me. Then I switched to English, and now I'm stuck trying to figure out what I want to do. If I stay at the school that I'm at, I can graduate on time. However, the program is not the best and I'm looking to find a career as a novelist (I know, one starving art form to another) and hopefully web design or teaching for actual breadwinning.</p>

<p>I wasn't sure where to put this post, so I apologize if this isn't exactly where it should be.</p>

<p>My question is whether I should switch to another school in order to actually get a good pop creative writing degree (and where would that be?) or should I stick with this not-so-good program and graduate on-time and get a graduate degree in pop creative writing?</p>

<p>Also, does anyone have information on how difficult it is to be certified to teach secondary school without getting a degree in education or doubling my major?</p>

<p>Thank you so much in advance for at least reading this, and I hope somebody here can answer my questions.</p>

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<p>What is pop creative writing? </p>

<p>well, if you want to be a novelist, it doesn't matter where you went. you just have to be a good writer. But it also sounds like you're not sure what you want to be. And even if you go to a school with a better writing program, it doesn't guarantee anything. I guess you're just going to have to decide if you want to graduate on time or not. And if you do, what are you going to do after? And if you don't, how are you going to make good use of this extra time? All up to you.</p>

<p>teaching for breadwinning? lol. if you're really good at writing, you'd probably be better off freelancing.</p>

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<p>Pop creative writing is genre fiction. It's just a distinction from "Literary Fiction".</p>

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<p>like mystery, horror, etc? i tried to write a mystery story for my short story class, and they wouldn't take it. :(</p>

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<p>Anybody have any other insight into my situation?</p>

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<p>Will a degree in pop creative writing guarantee more success in authorship of books in that genre? If not, I wouldn't worry about it. Frankly, I never heard of that type of fiction. What is "genre fiction" vs "literary fiction"? Would a good solid english degree be an impediment to authorship success? What credentials do those successful in this field possess?</p>