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Your English literature degree can aid your writing skills by giving you many ideas from popular writings. It may not help you completely, as to become a novelist you must be good at creative thinking. Your English literature degree can help you in the following ways:
1. It can help you with the articulation of your sentences.
2. You may learn from famous writers like Jane Austen how to execute your story ideas on paper.
3. It can also aid in grammar skills for your novel.
4. You can learn about the basic rules of writing a good novel from your degree.
5. You can explore as much creative writing from the past as possible in the genre in which you want to write a novel.

If you want to pursue a good career after completing a BA in English literature, you should either pursue a professional course or a master's degree. There are some of the best courses that you can pursue after a BA in English Literature:
1. A Bachelor's degree in education (B.Ed. ) to start a teaching career
2. A master's degree in English literature to become an assistant professor
3. You can pursue higher studies with a MPhil or PhD in English literature to become a professor.
4. A master's in journalism if you want to become a newspaper editor.
5. A master's in sociology if you want to work for NGOs and the government. You can also pursue other professional courses like an MBA, PGDCA, LLB, etc. based on your interest.