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Corinthianblue said:

Do you even need a $100,000 sheet of paper (a degree) to push through your works? True, Mr. Goodkind waited quite a few years before writing Wizard's First Rule.

So what are your thoughts on education and publication?

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Shit no, you don't. Who told you you need a degree to write fiction? He or she was lying to you.

Let me edit this post to clarify: Who told you you need a degree to have a wildly successful career as a fiction writer? He or she was lying to you.

There are lots and lots of creative people who are bigly and fatly successful and who are self-educated. Not only writers, but all kinds.