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Cornell College MFA application

Bio

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My name is Madison Scott-Clary, and I am an author and layout designer living in the Pacific Northwest. While I work in software development for a living, I originally studied music composition in school and have been writing for long before that. I began writing seriously a decade back with the creative non-fiction project [adjective][species], a collection of essays investigating the furry subculture, then worked with the publisher Thurston Howl Publications to edit and produce the fiction anthology Arcana. From there, I published two collections of short stories, Rum and Coke and Restless Town, a collection of poetry called Eigengrau, a fictive memoir called ally, and a novel, Qoheleth.

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I also have complex thoughts on creativity.

Creativity is a force akin to a river. It is a thing to be managed and guided but never completely controlled. Sometimes it floods and dikes must be constructed to guide it properly on its path. Sometimes the flow flags and one must lean on one’s reserves.

Moving through life has been a continual process of defining and refining my relationship to this force that is creativity, constructing healthy boundaries, working with reserves. My time in undergrad was focused on this. My time since then, both working on my writing and in my work life, has involved plenty more. Even my transition and growth into a mature adult has involved shaping that flow as I strive to better myself and express what is most meaningful to me.

With Restless Town, as a collection of short stories, I was able to address one topic at a time, explore it inside and out, and still maintain a satisfying arc throughout. With ally, I was able to explore how I got to where I am today, relying on creativity of form. With Qoheleth, I was able to interrogate concepts of self — both dissolution and multiplication thereof — that plague those moments of yearning for the void.