Progress!
...sort of...I had my first interview with a professor who taught a short story class I took back in college. we had a really good discussion and I was able to get the following information/takeaways:
- She gets a lot of science majors who want to switch from science to the humanities - most of them are biology majors
- Thinks it'd be easier to start with undergraduates/grad students because professors are busy most of the time. She mentioned that it's difficult to write novels, even for English professors when it's expected of them. So she imagines that for science professors whose main focus should be on their research, any and all creative writing would be put on the back burner and/or not necessarily approved by their departments. That's what I've got to look into more. See if they have the time to write or if it's as she said and they're swamped with research work, students, and family with no time for anything else. I'm hopeful though =)
- Recommended a work by another one of my previous professors about this mountain in Nevada. So i'm going to check it out. apparently it's about science type things (nucleur waste, experiments, etc.) but it's written in a very literary and memoir-esque way.
- Thinks this type of idea naturally lends itself to a blog or online journal format.
And that's where it will be for now.
This talk motivated me to schedule some more meetings and buy a couple books for research. I'm optimistic but am still trying to sort out what exactly I'm going to do. I'm hoping between the research, talks, and any feedback from this blog I will be able to complete this. =)
Round 1 was reaching out to my past professors. Only got 2 responses - i think everyone is super busy =/. Round 2 is reaching out to admin at my college. Received 4 responses. So I'm following up with them. Round 3 will be contacting people in the business with a more formal and concrete interview.
wish me luck!
