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[dramaturgy]

I just finished the first, very rough draft of my MFA thesis. 44/40 pages, literally 110%.

oh my god what is air.

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[cutepoisonlola]

Wow, congrats! What does MFA stand for?

I've made progress with my master's thesis, too. (Thank god!) It should be 60-80 pages, and it can exceed the maximum page number by 20 % but it can't be any less than the minimum page number. It's nice to have leeway because even as it is, aiming for a certain page number (at this scale) is surprisingly hard. Mine is is now 65 pages and there are some sub sections that I haven't even started writing yet, so I'm afraid mine is going to be 80 pages + 20 % by the time I'm done with it. *sigh*

Actually, it's not nice to have that leeway. It would be better to have a strict maximum page number!

Anyway. What's your thesis about?

[dramaturgy]

MFA is a Master in Fine Arts. I'm not quite sure what the difference between that and an MA (Master of Arts) would be, probably that it's a little more specialized than just say an MA in Theatre? My MFA will be in Dramaturgy.

Eugh. Forty pages was hard, and while there are chances that it could get bigger or smaller, I can't see it being a huge difference. Some first drafts are longer and others are shorter, according to the department. I'm not bothered -- even though I'm walking the graduation in May, I can't actually graduate since I haven't been able to get a professional internship. So if I can fulfill that requirement over the summer or next year, then I will actually have my degree. (That's what I need to jump on next -- internship and a job to make ends meet in the meantime! I'm probably going to end up slinging coffee, ew -- ... actually that would be a decent job for me. Coffee makes me sick, so I wouldn't spend my paycheck there!)

I wrote about my project, which was a translation of Spring Awakening followed with a gender

[cutepoisonlola]

That sounds really interesting! I've been thinking I made a mistake in not choosing a feminist point of view for my thesis, but then I thought that everything I've written at uni has been feminism this and feminism that, so I wanted something different for a change.

But it would have been smart to stick to something I know about. If I had analysed the representation of women in some novel or play, I would have finished my thesis two years ago!

Anyway, good luck on finding that internship!

[greensword]

Yay Congratulations!!! Artoo's doing a little dance for you. :)

[dramaturgy]

... now I will accomplish nothing else because that icon is ADORABLE.