Creative Writing – it’s a proper subject

Why studying something creative is actually worth it.

Let’s rewind. It’s 2013. You are fifteen, barely sixteen years old at your high school’s Open Evening trying to figure out what next steps to take. I remember that so sharply. Walking the corridors of Castle Rushen High School with my parents and exploring the options that laid in front of me. I was in the middle of my GCSEs and already looking to the future. Now, looking back it’s really f*cking scary for a teenager to know exactly what they want to do with their life when they can barely hold it together for an exam. At this point in the story I am considering marketing. I had done 2 weeks work experience at software company in the marketing department and loved it. I found myself looking bleary eyed at Business Studies. Inside it was an indefinite no.

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