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yay. congrats and thank you ::))))

I hope that's not the case. But I got five rejections and it makes me feel very strange. I did get an offer from Columbia with some scholarship but it makes me feel that I am not good enough or too old now.

I feel the same. I have only been seeing young people getting admitted mostly.

I had a question for the people here. Is there anyone who is in their 40s? Does that sort of affect your chances? I haven't seen too many people in their 40a apply or getting accepted for that matter. It has been bothering me for a while. I did get into Columbia with some scholarship but got five rejections, which makes me think if my writing is really bad or if my age (41) works against me. Maybe my writing sample didn't make the cut. But is it also age?

rejection from UWashington.

Is it true that Columbia is open admissions? I have no idea.

I got rejected. I saw a couple on draft as well. My application was incomplete but that's irrelevant. But they did reject people.

Hey, whatever you have written is so fascinating and so true. And I agree with you about the ugly truths and the bad shit that sticks with us. I actually applied for fiction to make the endings change or where there were no endings, make up an ending that would make it seem bearable. And I guess you are right about the third person. I am going to try that. The guy with the bird is fascinating. the bird died in 2019. He had played for the bird for 32 years. He said it required more love than he could give it. but I got stuck there. Maybe I will try again ::::) thanks so much. hugs.

this is a damn good suggestion. perhaps I should start doing it. listen to songs, get prompts, make up plots... I tried using the people I have met (killers, prostitutes, rapists, thieves, prisoners) but I couldn't. maybe I need to devote time to this. can't do it with a job that involves writing. I guess I am the biggest obstacle for myself. but you guys are so lovely and so supportive.

yay. we can explore but sometimes it gets too much. all this life around you. I haven't read Megha's book yet but will order it right away. my head is full of these stories, these people and all these issues. I need to find a way to imagine more :::)))) I hope everyone gets nice emails about admissions. and everyone figures out how to deal with rejections :::)))

me too, me too

awwww. thank you so much. you make me feel better already. fiction is so difficult. I met this man in a distant town once. he was wearing rags and playing his violin in a window. I went up to him and asked him if I can speak with him. he refused. I found out he plays the violin for his caged parakeet from morning to evening. I went back the next day and saw him with the bird. He refused to talk to me again. To cut a long story short, I found out he is eccentric. He lives alone. He throws water on people who approach him. I did manage to speak to him on my next trip. He invited me to have a drink with him last month when I was there. I wanted to weave a plot around him. I couldn't I keep going back to him to know more. I was unable to imagine beyond what I saw. I guess that's what it boils down to. I hope I can do it. maybe. one day.

I love it

also, that's my favourite Leonard Cohen song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you ?

that's so lovely. I am a journalist and I figured I can't write fiction. We see such weird stuff around us all the time that it is very hard for me to imagine plots and stuff. Today I interviewed a man who raped a woman and then married her to escape punishment and thinks he did nothing wrong. I listened to him for hours and then I saw the rejection. And it didn't bother me somehow. That's the thing. We become such tough people sometimes. But maybe I can dance. I will dance. At 41, it isn't a bad thing to dance. It is good exercise at least.

LSU rejection. makes it four rejections so far. I guess my writing sucks. Or maybe I chose the wrong program. Or maybe I am an idiot. I have never written fiction and submitted a bunch of non-fiction stuff all patched/stitched together. I guess this is a reminder that I need to take it more seriously than I did and for the wrong reasons (needed to get out of my job and my country). I thought about it and I guess it doesn't hurt so bad. I drank extra coffee today and now going to watch a horror film about zombies on Netflix. that's a good way to stop thinking about how everything sucks and how everything is better than being chased by the undead.

I have been a lurker all this while. Just wanted to say I got my rejections from NYU and Syracuse and UCSD. I haven't been able to write, think or read all this while. But now, I want to eat a slice of cake and listen to Leonard Cohen and crawl out of this dark den and find flowers and other pretty things.

yay. congrats

I read it. it is a beautiful poem. thanks.

my application status is "submitted" and I don't know what the hell it means...

I hope everyone gets something. my reco letters didn't reach two places. maybe it is a sign.

UCSD has started calling people. I saw on draft. Anybody here who applied and got accepted?

Wow. This makes me a little less nervous. I am a first-time applicant. I am 41. and no marriage, no kids. It is quite scary for me as well.

I didn't perhaps it means you are in

I uploaded mine twice. every document twice. just feels terrible.