SofiTheCatGuardian
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2 hours ago, koechophe said:
I'm super funky and like doing literary sci-fi, or other non-traditional literary fiction. The piece I posted here was a literary fiction about video game addiction (you know, that normal literary fiction topic that everyone always writes about). My most successful piece has been a literary magical realism type thing that I wrote in highschool (and have since re-written and revised about a hundred times).
When I write genre fiction, I tend to blend tropes of literary fiction into it. When I write literary fiction, I tend to blend in some techniques of genre fiction. It's weird, but the pieces I've been the most proud of and had the most success with have been ones that push the line between the two.
That's awesome. Keep doing you. I think when literary fiction can flirt with magical realism or sci-fi (etc.) it can possibly make it richer.
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15 hours ago, Cristie said:
Hand up. That's me. I break all the rules. I start sentences with conjunctions, write in fragments, rarely use determiners. Know I need help with timing and pace. Feel free to read the story I posted on here (and shouldn't have-Dark Dressage). I submitted THAT, one chapter from a genre fiction novel I wrote, and a published nonfiction short story. I thought it would be good to show a mix of my writing. I'd say the one I posted asking for help is weird fiction. You tell me?
I love to hear it!! I'm going to go check it out!!
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Hey, sorry if this doesn't flow with the conversation right now. But I'm curious: what's your writing aesthetic or style (addressed to all)? I know literary fiction is the general path of an MFA and I would agree that I write literary fiction. But it is riddled with the sentiment of diary (Kafka's diaries, Kate Zambreno, Rilke, Jenny Offill, etc.) and the interrupted (natural) pattern of the loosely kept thought (how Ocean Vuong speaks of our generation as the fragmented writers, post 9-11) as well as surrealism (moments one might call prose-poetry) and magical realism, while the foundation, at times, hints of a new lore being built. I truly write hybrid literary fiction. It's everything. And it refuses to be one thing. And that's what I submitted this (so far) unsuccessful cycle. I would never change the core of what I write to appease a program which may hold itself in contract to the (how, oh how should I put this) more normative (sane, safe if you will, those are the words) literary fiction of popular yearly awards lists. But I would love to know if that's what these programs really want: the thing that strikes an emotional societal chord and will, essentially, sell when standing up against the last great literary sale. So, anyway. I'm just curious. The term is Weird Fiction, I suppose, if I had to give you a quick blurb on my stuff. So yeah, just curious, especially to those who have gotten as many rejections as me: what, essentially is your aesthetic or style or what is the religion of your craft? This can be answered as loosely as you'd like or not at all. For me style is an ever-changing current that might bend to the will of the work's deepest sentiment. However, like I said, it's probably Weird Fiction on the whole....So, what the hell. Let's talk about it. Or DM me if you'd like. *(And might I quickly add, I ask out of curiosity and to see if there are any other boundary-pushers out there. Ultimately, I know there is still much improvement to be made on my work. So this isn't meant to disregard that fact.)
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4 minutes ago, koechophe said:
I so feel this. Like, because I'm also in the same boat ?
Same boat over here and I'm just waiting on BU at this point
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Just now, M-Lin said:
I remember now! I totally read your post. Thanks for emailing them lol
Of course! But I still keep checking Draft to see if anyone has heard anything lol.
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20 minutes ago, M-Lin said:
also did anyone happen to have the guts/impatience to e-mail BU? It's not unusually late for them to not notify at this point but just wondering (out of boredom and anxiety) when they plan to notify this year.
Yep, I did and got a response March 15th stating we should be hearing back "by very beginning of April." But I really wish they could just send decisions out this week...
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Just now, iai said:
Did she scan a copy of the letter or just tell you the status? O:
Scanned a copy of the real letter and I just realized it has a date of March 5th. So, real timely update there. Smh.
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I'm not sure what to think about receiving no mail/emails from Iowa Writers Workshop yet and I just can't deal...
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23 minutes ago, Blackhole said:
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.
Gonna listen to Leonard Coco now. ❤️
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Just now, oubukibun said:
Hiya,
Yes, via mail. Postmarked the 5th. Took a while 'cause I'm in South Florida.
I knew I was rejected, and being rejected doesn't hurt. It's the callousness of being the cog in the machine when they're asking you to stand out somehow and giving you no indication you were even heard at all as you tried (to no avail, mostly) to do just that.
I was nothing but myself in my application for all 4 schools... So to have each school confirm such a lack of identity or care or even a basic understanding of what it's like to be on the other side of pond in even just an email that doesn't read like an automated bot...
That's the real killer.
I completely get it. Feel everything you're feeling, but don't give up because of this round. Look at me: I've pretty much given up any hope of getting in to the 11 schools I applied to. Now admittedly they were mostly all hoity-toity and I might have been kidding myself in the first place, but it's a learning experience for the next round. I'll mix in more state schools and apply to some of the harder to get in ones too. And I've also learned from these posts I should not have led with my experimental Prologue in a lot (not all) of my submissions. LMAO. Anyways, it's rough. I'm trying to plan my year in case I don't get in anyway to still write my ass off and still find peace regardless. Because honestly if you're a writer, you fucking know. No one can tell you otherwise. And it'll happen.
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15 minutes ago, oubukibun said:
Aaaaaanyway, at least I got my rejection letter from Iowa. So Boston U's decision is all that's left.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear. I've gotten a slew of rejections as well. Did Iowa's come via the mail? Or email/portal...
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Apparently John Hopkins has made some decisions and not sent out updates, guys. I just got another email (because I emailed everyone over the weekend lol) stating I wasn't accepted to JH and: "you will receive an official email within the next week or two." So that's cray cray. Like, if I hadn't emailed I wouldn't have known my fate for another week or two. Ha!
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3 hours ago, hot_toddy said:
Still no word on acceptances from UF or BU? Those and IWW are looking like my last hope I just want to be put out of my misery at this point haha
I just received an email from BU stating they will send decisions at the "very beginning of April." I also just got another email from University of Virginia stating I will hear back from them "this week."
Pending: John Hopkins, Iowa, BU, UVA
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1 hour ago, koechophe said:
I mean, I'd be happy for any people talking to me on any day--but yeah, not the best day to get a rejection
My condolences for not getting in.
Thank you! But you're right it's good just to know for sure.
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4 hours ago, SpaceJunk said:
Hi there, is anyone else still waiting on Johns Hopkins? I haven't received a rejection or anything at all from them, and a couple of my friends who applied got their rejections last week. I emailed Yvonne Gobble but haven't heard back. My last name starts with a letter in the middle of the alphabet, but it seems like a long time to wait for batched rejections...
Yes, I'm still waiting on John Hopkins. No rejection yet. My last name is in the upper-middle of the alphabet as well. I sent an e-mail, waiting to hear back. Online portal just says: "submitted successfully."
However, I was rejected from UMD today, on a Sunday...
Pending: Iowa, Boston U, John Hopkins, Virginia
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14 hours ago, iai said:
Long term lurker here ?
@SofiTheCatGuardian I believe Boston usually comes out late March/April.
For Hopkins, I think notifications have gone out. At least I’ve seen them on Draft. For Maryland, I’ve seen some waitlists on draft as well. And for Iowa, I think you should be receiving a letter for waitlist or rejection any day now since a few have gotten it on Draft!
Has anyone heard anything from NYU, Columbia, or The New School yet about waitlists or rejections?
Thank you for this info, btw. I meant to respond last night. ?
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57 minutes ago, Yellow62 said:
I see UVA sent out some rejections this week last year. Hoping they come through this week and get it over with.
I feel the exact same way about UVA ? And Boston U. And everyone lol.
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Hey, all! I've read quite a lot of your posts. Keep hanging in there! I'm curious if anyone has heard from the following:
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville)*
- Boston University*
-John Hopkins*
-University of Maryland
-Iowa Writer's Workshop
Rejected: Michener; Cornell; Vanderbilt; Michigan Helen Zell; Brown; GA State
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On 3/9/2021 at 2:23 PM, panglosian said:
Has this happened to anyone else? Mine still says under program review (active), but I don't want to get my hopes up. Portals are never reliable, but I'll let you know today if mine changes!
Hey! I'm new here, but I just noticed my University of Maryland (fiction) also says Under Grad School Review instead of Program review now too.
2021 Applicants Forum
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Rejection from BU today. Best of luck to all of you guys. This cycle is over for me and I'm trying again next year unless I become a millionaire and even maybe then.