Be the Leslie Knope of your minor.
1. When you gotta introduce yourself on the first day of class, but haven't learned about specificity yet.
Around-the-room introductions and icebreakers are The Worst.
2. When you do learn about the importance of specificity in your writing...
...and replacing clichés with originality.
3. When the first workshop rolls around and you're nervous.
(You love creative writing class, but also really just wanna be a hermit writer.)
4. When you're getting to know your characters.
5. When you haven't nailed the dialogue yet.
Inconsistent voice alert!
6. When you have a lot of strong opinions in workshop.
7. When the conversation in class gets crazy.
8. When someone bashes your draft in workshop.
There are always gonna be those people who hate everything you do.
9. When you go to a killer author reading.
10. When people think you take your writing too seriously.
SUE ME. (Your GPA will die with you, but art transcends... I'm just sayin.')
11. When you're totally stuck.
Word vomit in hopes the muse will show up eventually.
12. When you're trying to critique tactfully.
13. When inspiration eludes you and you gotta self-motivate.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place at 3 am.
14. When you're struggling and ask for some revision help.
Is there anything that can be salvaged in this draft??
15. When you gotta be a sociable, functional adult in public, but you also need to finish your writing.
Ain't nobody got time (or mental energy) fo' dat.
16. When you’re trying to write papers and study for tests and also revise your portfolio and make it perfect, but you know you can never make it perfect... because there’s not enough time.
And self-doubt kicks in. You're probably not a good enough writer to make it perfect, anyway.
17. When someone asks you for writing advice.
Whole-ass it, my friends. Even if it means setting other classes on the back-burner sometimes, ahem...
18. And as far as the post-grad life goes: You know you're going to be a writer, but beyond that...
But you'll find a path. Even if you have to bulldoze a new one yourself. You are a creator, after all. Be the author of your own destiny, and all that clichéd shit.