Comments on: Do You Need a Degree to Write About Anime?

By: moritheil

moritheil — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:38:02 +0000

I think it’s all about experience. Experience as a writer and editor is always helpful in writing and editing, though ultimately it may not matter where you get that experience – whether writing assignments as an undergrad, or learning by doing – as long as you can write the article you want to write.

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:58:28 +0000

More knowledge can’t hurt when it comes to writing, especially if you’re studying English (or at least something in the arts), but it’s obviously not a necessity. I always enjoy giving myself a headache – the good kind of headache – at Super Fani, home of literary theory and other stuff that makes little sense to me, but hell, I’ve read great posts from technology majors and university freshmen. Besides, me and digiboy are still in high school, and when you add CCY and lolikit who both started blogging before getting into college/uni, at least one of us must have written at least one intelligent post that covered something that a lit graduate didn’t think of! :P

By: Kairu Ishimaru

Kairu Ishimaru — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:30:03 +0000

I agree with Sojourner. You dont need a degree. ‘Nuff said.

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:15:48 +0000

YOU DON’T NEED A DEGREE. YOU JUST NEED A BURNING PASSION.

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:33:12 +0000

I don’t need to use what I learned from uni and grad school (I took literature and philosophy throughout), it can even get in the way of getting a point across clearly.

However, I’d be terribly stupid if I ignored it.

Churn out the posts with the tools that you’ve got.

By: Clannad and Tragicomedy « Grand Punk Railroad

Clannad and Tragicomedy « Grand Punk Railroad — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:12:25 +0000

[...] It’s a happy coincedence that I’ve just finished Clannad at the same time as analyzing the aspects of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, since now I can attempt to link my criticism’s to literary references, like a REAL anime writer. [...]

By: Omisyth

Omisyth — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:09 +0000

I’m 18. I have no qualifications outside of A-levels. But I think I can write about anime pretty well. And I think around a quarter of the people who read from me would agree.

By: OGT

OGT — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:38:06 +0000

I have a Bachelors’ of Science (in history, which is basically just reading analytically about real dead people instead of fake dead people). I think the initials are a very good indicator of what to expect from its possessor.

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:38:41 +0000

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By: animemiz

animemiz — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:00:37 +0000

Well blogging is something of your own interest. I guess if anyone says they have to have a degree to blog, then I am going to question, do they have a low self-confidence or something. Still I think blogging allows anyone to have fun, and it can spout into anything.