Remember when you crossdressed as your twin to get into a prestigious creative writing program so you could show up your ex? And your roommate turned out to be a handsome and rugged and chiseled Channing Tatum? No? Okay, but besides that, She’s the Man is a pretty damn accurate representation of life as a creative writing major.
1. Like when you have to repeatedly reassure yourself that you won’t starve to death while waiting for someone to pay you for your words
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2. But you can’t even choose the right word to explain a simple concept
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3. Or know which plural form of a word to use
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4. And sometimes, when you try to show off your vocabulary, you just end up sounding super creepy
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5. And how many times have you had to explain your characters’ relationships to people who can’t follow?
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6. Or explain that what you wrote was a satire
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7. Or how about telling people to stop digging for meaning in your poem because you just dropped words on the page cuz they sounded good together?
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8. But then learning to ignore the haters and move on when they don’t actually understand the meaning of your poem
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9. And you’re a pro at ignoring those red lines that highlight a bajillion spelling errors in Microsoft Word whenever you get a great idea and are on a roll
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10. But the struggle is real in the editing round when you try to reread your story without any bias
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11. And realize you have to rewrite the whole thing because it’s shit
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12. But, you try to be humble when you realize your creation is actually f*cking awesome
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13. Yet, sometimes words are hard and you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing
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14. But you also don’t know how to do anything other than write
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15. But you’re honestly confused when people ask why you’re putting yourself out there when there’s a chance that nobody likes what you’ve created
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16. Yet when they ask if you’re still going to pursue a career that requires you to live in a vicious cycle of critique and criticism in hopes that your words will change the world one day, you just say:
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