>mfw narcissistic sophomore english major who sent extended draft of novel to advanced fiction writing professor so i don't have to sit through intro to writing class
>"talent surely, technical know-how, tbd"
fuck, i've been writing for months and its not even at senior college level
>email other professor who has three published novels, talk about this project
>loves my ideas goes out of her way to set up an independent study with me to spend the next 6 months helping me along the first drafting process

this will be my honors thesis, that i'll be working on for the next two years, good chance at getting published

we're all going to make it