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I am willing to study in the USA so that I might complete a Master's degree program to become more proficient in my career. The objective of my studies is to learn more about creative writing and the United States experience in creating famous all over the world novels. Creative Writing is the field that I really like and want to make a career in. A master's program in the USA would help me to get a valuable international experience, improve my working skills, and grow professionally and personally. The United States of America is considered one of the world leaders in the field of publishing, media, and literary activity. For this reason I would like to gain more in-depth knowledge of contemporary US experience and researches on this topic and would apply such positive experience on my return to Russia.
My educational objectives in the US would be connected with my future career plans in working as an editor and an author. My academic and professional background is studies at the Department of Journalism of Magnitogorsk State University. I have studied Journalism at Magnitogorsk State University since 2006. During my studies, I have specialized in woman's media in the life and short story genre. Moreover, I undertook an internship with a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya during my studies. I have gained experience in this area, having worked in this publishing house as a freelance author since July 2008. I currently work in a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya, which publish women's editions in Russia. I collaborate with publishing house "Severnaya Nedelya" as a freelance author and actively publish my works in woman's magazines of the above publishing house. I had attached my publications, of which life stories, to my graduation qualification thesis "Life story as a genre of modern woman's magazines". My diploma project was based on research that I conducted on the women's press in my country. The focus of the project was studying stories in the women's magazines and their peculiarities.
I decided to pursue a Master of Art degree in creative writing because I want to pursue my further education, research, and career development in media and literary activity domain. As far as I know there are special writing programs in the United States that help to understand theory and practice in this field better. As for my study plans, I would like to take course on fiction to learn more about it. I aim to understand principles of fiction. I would like also to take courses on magazine writing in order to apply this knowledge on my return to Russia, where it could be used in my journalism and literary activity. I want to improve the quality of my own writing, my skills and technique. I want to get advices on craft, creating convincing characters, writing believable dialogue, and plot development. I would like to improve my knowledge about modern American novel. The goal of my study is to write manuscript. It will be a novel. As far as I know thesis for fiction students, it is a manuscript of 75 pages or more. I hope that my studies in the US and research contribute to better understanding of principles creative writing. The research I would like to conduct will deal with modern American novel and magazine writing.
The research I am planning to undertake and studies in an American university will be useful not only for my personal development and proficiency in my major. I intend to use the results of my work in publishing activity. Training in the USA is essential for my future career development. Studies in the US would give me an opportunity to acquire both in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience in my major. In the future I would like to publish my own novel and I want to work in a big publishing house as an editor, a journalist, and an author in my country and make a contribution to the development of this kind of the press and book/media industry in Russia.
Please, help me to improve and revise my essay.
I am willing to study in the USA so that I might complete a Master's degree program to become more proficient in my career. The objective of my studies is to learn more about creative writing and the United States experience in creating famous all over the world novels. Creative Writing is the field that I really like and want to make a career in. A master's program in the USA would help me to get a valuable international experience, improve my working skills, and grow professionally and personally. The United States of America is considered one of the world leaders in the field of publishing, media, and literary activity. For this reason I would like to gain more in-depth knowledge of contemporary US experience and researches on this topic and would apply such positive experience on my return to Russia.
My educational objectives in the US would be connected with my future career plans in working as an editor and an author. My academic and professional background is studies at the Department of Journalism of Magnitogorsk State University. I have studied Journalism at Magnitogorsk State University since 2006. During my studies, I have specialized in woman's media in the life and short story genre. Moreover, I undertook an internship with a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya during my studies. I have gained experience in this area, having worked in this publishing house as a freelance author since July 2008. I currently work in a publishing house Severnaya Nedelya, which publish women's editions in Russia. I collaborate with publishing house "Severnaya Nedelya" as a freelance author and actively publish my works in woman's magazines of the above publishing house. I had attached my publications, of which life stories, to my graduation qualification thesis "Life story as a genre of modern woman's magazines". My diploma project was based on research that I conducted on the women's press in my country. The focus of the project was studying stories in the women's magazines and their peculiarities.
I decided to pursue a Master of Art degree in creative writing because I want to pursue my further education, research, and career development in media and literary activity domain. As far as I know there are special writing programs in the United States that help to understand theory and practice in this field better. As for my study plans, I would like to take course on fiction to learn more about it. I aim to understand principles of fiction. I would like also to take courses on magazine writing in order to apply this knowledge on my return to Russia, where it could be used in my journalism and literary activity. I want to improve the quality of my own writing, my skills and technique. I want to get advices on craft, creating convincing characters, writing believable dialogue, and plot development. I would like to improve my knowledge about modern American novel. The goal of my study is to write manuscript. It will be a novel. As far as I know thesis for fiction students, it is a manuscript of 75 pages or more. I hope that my studies in the US and research contribute to better understanding of principles creative writing. The research I would like to conduct will deal with modern American novel and magazine writing.
The research I am planning to undertake and studies in an American university will be useful not only for my personal development and proficiency in my major. I intend to use the results of my work in publishing activity. Training in the USA is essential for my future career development. Studies in the US would give me an opportunity to acquire both in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience in my major. In the future I would like to publish my own novel and I want to work in a big publishing house as an editor, a journalist, and an author in my country and make a contribution to the development of this kind of the press and book/media industry in Russia.