Most aspiring writers reading this site don't have any time to go back to school. Unless you have a trust fund, you can't start your career over as a graduate writing student.
Until I met author and creative writing guru, Erika Dreifus, I thought adult writers were out of luck. Last year Dreifus wrote a Poets & Writers article about Low Residency MFA programs--university writing programs for working adults. These workshops may be the best hope for jump-starting your writing career.
Check it out: "The popularity of these programs, which allow writers to earn a degree without having to spend much time living on a particular campus, was easy to understand. Writers like me who had, in many cases, slipped out of our early twenties and had established personal and professional commitments, could continue our education without disrupting (too much) the patterns of our lives."
Today Dreifus updated her extensive Low-Residency MFA and MA programs list, so why not think about it? If you live in New York and are looking for an even more focused experience, the folks at the Sackett Street Writers Workshop have built a bustling writing community/writing school out of their apartment.
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