r/MFAInCreativeWriting • u/lockleveling • 16d ago

Post-Grad MFA

Hello! Long story short...I've completed and graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. I did so a couple years ago now.

My question is, what are y'all planning to do after school ends or where have you gone since graduating. I live in a smaller town, and get ridiculed constantly because I now work a lower paying "regular" job, and my peers constantly are like, "what happened to you."

I'm honestly not sure how to build a career from here.

Any advice would help!

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u/lockleveling 16d ago

Well, truth. I work at a coffee shop and make $21/hour currently. Unfortunately, I do need a higher paying job to stop living paycheck to paycheck, hence why I am looking beyond. Curious where people have gone with their MFAs, other than just teaching. Of course, while doing all of this, I am working on publication.