Is it worth the money to pay for online classes that offer college credit? Will it help me get published?
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Published: November 10, 2011
 Brandi Reissenweber
Of course, there are reasons to pay the extra money. If it
affords you the opportunity to work with a writer you admire, then you might
find the fee worth it. If you’re a nonfiction author and the credit helps you
work toward a degree that establishes you more firmly in the field you’re
writing about, it could make a difference in your credibility as an author. You
might decide to put up the extra money if the course that seems the best fit
for you happens to be one that is only offered with college credit. |
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Brandi Reissenweber teaches fiction writing and reading fiction at Gotham Writers' Workshop and authored the chapter on characterization in Gotham's Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including Phoebe, North Dakota Quarterly and Rattapallax. She
was a James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for
Creative Writing and has taught fiction at New York University,
University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago. Currently, she is a
visiting professor at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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