{"id":413,"date":"2015-11-19T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T17:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eckerdstaging.com\/creativewriting\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2018-06-12T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T15:10:18","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/creative-writing\/success\/","title":{"rendered":"Success After Eckerd"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;48&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Success After Eckerd<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;32&#8243;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Creative writing<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;32&#8243;][vc_column_text]While we give students the time and freedom to explore their art, we also pay attention to career tracks and opportunities. 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Professors Watson and Ward have structured the program to be very similar to a graduate writing program, so when I entered into the MFA program at Florida International University I knew exactly what to expect. I owe any bit of writing success that I&#8217;ve had or that I will have in the future to Sterling Watson and Scott Ward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\">&#8211; Melanie Neale<br \/>\nCreative Writing Graduate, Eckerd College<br \/>\nGraduate of the MFA Program at Florida International University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The Creative Writing program at Eckerd College prepared me for life as a writer better than anything else I have experienced, including my graduate program. 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