Here's a question that every college student is asked on a daily basis: What's your major? Around campus, this sentence is as common as asking someone his or her name. However, answering the question almost puts you in a certain category. Oh, you're a Chemistry major? You must be really smart. Oh, you're a Business major? You can do anything with that. Then there's is: Oh, you're a Creative Writing major? What can you possibly do with that degree?

The stigma surrounding the major is that we don't put as much effort into our schoolwork and are just "artsy" people. We won't get jobs with our degree and we will be wasting our money on studying a craft. Over the last few years, whenever I told someone I was a Creative Writing major, they had no idea what this meant or would say to me: "You won't make any money with that." Many people don't realize that the generalization of Creative Writing majors not being able to do anything with their degree isn't true. A Creative Writing major is almost like an English major, however, we spend more time looking into the minds of writers and perfecting our writing style. There are so many jobs where this is beneficial. You have all the skills to be an editor or publisher. You could write anything from novels to travel columns in a newspaper. Freelance is popular, and so is teaching others about creative writing. You can write scripts or plays, and hey, someone has to write all those textbooks. Think about this as you watch TV: writers, many of them Creative Writing majors, wrote that episode and that series. And hint: We do make money, just not as much as some other careers and that's our choice.

Sure, we might not be a wizard at finances or study profusely for anatomy, but we do put a lot of work into our degrees. We invent worlds and create people. We put in just as much time as other majors; although, most of it isn't studying. It's surprise, surprise, writing. It is hard work. Stressing about dialogue and comma placements is normal for us. We're perfectionists who want to turn in our best writings and one day be published. We will write to the wee hours of the morning, just like you might study all night for a test. We have projects and presentations and quizzes. We get real grades and we work for them. A Creative Writing degree isn't worthless than any other major.

So the next time you come across a Creative Writing major, don't tell them that they won't succeed with that degree. We will. Don't think to yourself that they don't know what real college work is. Believe me, we do. The world needs writers, and I'm proud to contribute to it by being a Creative Writing major.