MFAs

If you want to write trite YA shit that you stole from your students, sure.

>>7576304
If you're poor, consider doing it just for the opportunity to get funded. If you're rich, there's a lot better stuff you could do with your money and time, but maybe some connections could come out of it? My favorite professor taught in MFAs for a long time and says that he wouldn't ever push an undergrad to get one unless it made a lot of financial sense and they had a ton of ambition. I really can't ever see paying for one, but it's more worthwhile if you can get funding.

I think teaching at MFA workshops is a far cry from attending them. Loads of wonderful authors have taught at MFAs, but most of those writers don't have an MFA themselves.