I know anecdotally that the folks who have tried for, or gotten a MFA have suffered from a massive drop in creative output.
A poet friend of mine stopped going to school, and stopped writing, because his MFA process was killing him. He said that poet was a verb, that poet is something you do... and then he didn't write any poetry for three years. They recruited him because of his poetry; told him he was awesome and amazing (very true), then, once he was taking classes, all they could say was how bad he was. It demoralized him, broke him...
He's been away from school now for around a year, and has finally started to write again. He's working up to getting on stage to slam.
I'd say, if you were going into marketing, or advertising, or business, a MFA would be a cool set of letters to tack onto your name. If you want to be creative, think outside the box, push the boundaries of conventional storytelling... don't get an MFA.
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A poet friend of mine stopped going to school, and stopped writing, because his MFA process was killing him. He said that poet was a verb, that poet is something you do... and then he didn't write any poetry for three years. They recruited him because of his poetry; told him he was awesome and amazing (very true), then, once he was taking classes, all they could say was how bad he was. It demoralized him, broke him...
He's been away from school now for around a year, and has finally started to write again. He's working up to getting on stage to slam.
I'd say, if you were going into marketing, or advertising, or business, a MFA would be a cool set of letters to tack onto your name. If you want to be creative, think outside the box, push the boundaries of conventional storytelling... don't get an MFA.
MFA = creativity killer.
but, this is all anecdotal. so...