- As a college student, what kind of writing have you had published? Did you have negative or positive feedback from readers? Did your experiences encourage you or discourage you to continue your writing efforts?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Publishing Your Work-Your Experiences?
As a student writer in college, I know that it can be difficult trying to balance school work, a job, and any extracurricular activities while really focusing on long-term goals. I've had work published in the WCU student newspaper, but I've never submitted anything to a major publication or college journal. So, in this post, I'd like to find out from you, my readers, what your experiences have been like with trying to publish your work.
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This is a good question. I find myself entirely too scared to publish any of my work. I feel that it is such a competitve field of publishing that I just wouldn't do well. I am proud enough in my work, but I still find it to be a very scary process.
I do plan to eventually get my masters and hopefully my phd, so by then, I should be far more comfortable submitting my work to publishers. Or, maybe not?
I was scared of getting negative feedback on my work when I first had some of my articles published in the Quad. But overall, it's been a good experience and it helped me build my confidence to continue sharing my writing. If you'd want more experience, I'd highly recommend keeping an eye out on any undergrad conferences to present papers. These would be especially helpful for building your resume, plus you'd have more experience for when you enter grad school.
I have tried the Quad, but it just tended to make me angrier than I really wanted to spend my undergraduate experience. Plus, I did not like the people I have encountered through that. Besides, I couldn't be bothered deigning to show my face at a football game or something similar. So for me, I have restricted myself to LiveJournal, this lovely Interwebs blog with no restrictions beyond the self-set ones. My family has tried to force me to publish something. I just can't be bothered.
Maaybee in graduate school... if I really feel bothered.
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