Comments on: MFAs Will Rule the Future http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/mfas-will-rule-the-future.html Life after the creative writing MFA | Writing tips | Author interviews | Creative writing links, and more. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ThePublishingSpot http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/mfas-will-rule-the-future.html/comment-page-1#comment-14531 ThePublishingSpot Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:23:47 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/mfas-will-rule-the-future.html#comment-14531 <strong>Publishing Spotted: MFA Mastery, LitMagBlog Blogged, and Pictured Poem...</strong> Three cheers for the creative classes!According to Michael Rosen more people are working as writers, musicians, and artists than ever before in the United States. This is good news for aspiring writers--people earning a living writing have increased 30... Publishing Spotted: MFA Mastery, LitMagBlog Blogged, and Pictured Poem…

Three cheers for the creative classes!According to Michael Rosen more people are working as writers, musicians, and artists than ever before in the United States. This is good news for aspiring writers–people earning a living writing have increased 30…

]]> By: mrbenning http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/mfas-will-rule-the-future.html/comment-page-1#comment-14398 mrbenning Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:46:24 +0000 http://www.afterthemfa.com/archives/mfas-will-rule-the-future.html#comment-14398 While I do think commerce is shifting toward needing more creative thinkers, I can't help but wonder if the rising number of Creative Writing MFAs offered these days is only representative of the amount of people who want them. Supply and demand. Of course I'm loving my MFA program right now, so I'm not complaining about the availability of the program. I'd also like to see some correlation between the facts presented. Does the 30 % increase in employed writers relate to the increase in programs? Do the employed writers have MFAs? While I do think commerce is shifting toward needing more creative thinkers, I can’t help but wonder if the rising number of Creative Writing MFAs offered these days is only representative of the amount of people who want them. Supply and demand.

Of course I’m loving my MFA program right now, so I’m not complaining about the availability of the program.

I’d also like to see some correlation between the facts presented. Does the 30 % increase in employed writers relate to the increase in programs? Do the employed writers have MFAs?

]]>