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I know this was long but if any of you could help I would appreciate it. 
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I've written since I started high school...being a novelist, even having the title "starving artist," for the time being would make me happy simply because I have a flare for it and I would rather spend my precious time writing than sitting in an anthropology class that I hate because it is required of me. I want to specialize in writing and just write! I thought maybe a few writing classes and not a degree would suffice but can't afford it because unless I go FULL TIME I cannot get the financial assistance I need. My problem is my dad has raised me around the idea of college. He bragged about me from the moment I had been accepted to the very last month before I broke the news to him about me dropping out of school(last month). He'd tell everyone he knew or met how proud he was of his daughter for going to college and making something of herself. This made it all so much more painful when the time came to tell him what I really wanted for myself.
I started my freshman year at ENMU here in New Mexico in August of 2008 and transferred back home to central New Mexico to go to UNM in January of 2009. I then decided, once I was told my my English professor that I was really good, to drop out and begin my writing career rather than wasting so much time on some degree I probably wouldn't ever fall back on even if I needed to(English degree..I can't see myself teaching). She informed me that the best thing for a person to do who wants to specialize in writing(not teaching) in order to become successful with what they love to do is not to get an English degree as it consists of loads of unnecessary bulk, but to either get a creative writing degree(which I can't get near my home) or take strictly writing classes to improve their writing. Publishers never look at your education, they look at your writing. Although they often see your education right through your writing, it's very unlikely they'd know the difference between a degree and a well rounded set of specialized writing courses. I have been told many times over by multiple professors that I have talent or a gift. My only problem is that my dad hates the idea that I quit college at the university to become a writer rather than getting a degree. I know it sounds crazy for me to do but maybe there are some others out there like me who can relate and help me through the family drama that is included in all of this mess. I really love to write. I am writing a novel that I think I am going to call Prison of Thoughts but I am not sure yet. Sorry had to include that...it is my main focus right now...everything I am living for at the moment.
Anyways..I am very confused...I have always been a daddy's little girl big time and I feel like I am letting him down so much. He doesn't seem to really like to talk to me anymore and to be honest it breaks my heart.
I know this was long but if any of you could help I would appreciate it. Thanks for reading!!) <33
) <33I've written since I started high school...being a novelist, even having the title "starving artist," for the time being would make me happy simply because I have a flare for it and I would rather spend my precious time writing than sitting in an anthropology class that I hate because it is required of me. I want to specialize in writing and just write! I thought maybe a few writing classes and not a degree would suffice but can't afford it because unless I go FULL TIME I cannot get the financial assistance I need. My problem is my dad has raised me around the idea of college. He bragged about me from the moment I had been accepted to the very last month before I broke the news to him about me dropping out of school(last month). He'd tell everyone he knew or met how proud he was of his daughter for going to college and making something of herself. This made it all so much more painful when the time came to tell him what I really wanted for myself.
I started my freshman year at ENMU here in New Mexico in August of 2008 and transferred back home to central New Mexico to go to UNM in January of 2009. I then decided, once I was told my my English professor that I was really good, to drop out and begin my writing career rather than wasting so much time on some degree I probably wouldn't ever fall back on even if I needed to(English degree..I can't see myself teaching). She informed me that the best thing for a person to do who wants to specialize in writing(not teaching) in order to become successful with what they love to do is not to get an English degree as it consists of loads of unnecessary bulk, but to either get a creative writing degree(which I can't get near my home) or take strictly writing classes to improve their writing. Publishers never look at your education, they look at your writing. Although they often see your education right through your writing, it's very unlikely they'd know the difference between a degree and a well rounded set of specialized writing courses. I have been told many times over by multiple professors that I have talent or a gift. My only problem is that my dad hates the idea that I quit college at the university to become a writer rather than getting a degree. I know it sounds crazy for me to do but maybe there are some others out there like me who can relate and help me through the family drama that is included in all of this mess. I really love to write. I am writing a novel that I think I am going to call Prison of Thoughts but I am not sure yet. Sorry had to include that...it is my main focus right now...everything I am living for at the moment.
Anyways..I am very confused...I have always been a daddy's little girl big time and I feel like I am letting him down so much. He doesn't seem to really like to talk to me anymore and to be honest it breaks my heart.
I know this was long but if any of you could help I would appreciate it. Thanks for reading!!
) <33