I wish I had an extremely exciting story to tell you, but my academic background is hardly the most interesting. I spent a year at Franklin Pierce College (now University) with the intent to major in English or more directly Creative Writing. About two months of courses down that road I decided to quit, mainly because I felt my entire time there was a waste. I didn't really know or understand exactly what I was shooting for, and it was the last year there that my professors all let me know that I would most likely be better set off searching for what I wanted before I went back to waste what can only be described as a massive amount of money.
Shortly after I went home and got a job at a local framing store where I spent my time earning money so that I could kill time. It's a little sad upon reflection noting that I spent a whole year of my life in a circle designed to allegedly inspire myself at any given point but I think that in the end it was time well spent. I didn't exactly just work and do nothing else, but rather since then I believe that I've actually created a very well formulated plan. By the end of my College career (however long it takes) I plan of finishing what will be the rough draft for a series of games (or short novels, if any part of the plan falls through). Using this as a backbone for whatever medium I decide to go through several of my closer friends have expressed interest in bringing the creation to life...and thankfully their experience in art and graphic design (as well as marketing and business management) will lend a hand in making our overall dream come to life.
And so that bring me backwards, to the present. I plan on using this class, and every other I take to modernize and focus my understanding on both the individuals I plan on marketing to as well as how exactly I can approach them. My year as a creative writing student has taught me quite well that with the proper application of effort into any situation will yield success, and while the market I plan on going after has one of the most dangerous rates of failure for growing companies the feeling that my imagination and intelligence can overcome that is admittingly a little exciting. Besides, if even the greatest plans of mice and men do end up going awry then I will still have a very strong background in something I feel quite passionate for. Enjoying your job fifty percent of the time cannot be that bad, as Proctor pointed out.
Monday, June 30, 2008
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