Does anybody ever freaking READ anymore? I mean, not podcasting, not webcasting, not twits, blogs or facebook. I mean, READ.
Books.
Paper, plain text. INTELLIGENT STORY-F###NG-TELLING. I thought it was bad ages ago when I heard people sayign they won't bother with books, they'll wait for the movie--and if the movie never happens, they say it isn't worth looking up.
People ask me why do I waste my time writing fanfiction--sad point is that it's the only thing most people read anymore. I mean, look at the Star Wars and Star Trek spinoff novels and stories--those are essentially fanfiction. Paid fanfiction.
People don't read them because they're good storytelling or anything--they're read because the fans want to hear more stories about Television/movie/comic-book characters they like. Story depth and quality (to say nothing of writing!) play absolutely no part in it.
I've just been to a Postgrad Open Day at Swinburne University and was really taken with the idea of getting a Graduate Degree in Writing. I love the idea of it--becoming a legit creative writer--but it's easily tempered by the fact that the audience I seek also happens to be the audience that probably couldn't get past my first paragraph.
Because seriously, a writer has to write to the future. And if the future can no longer be bothered to read...what then?
Books.
Paper, plain text. INTELLIGENT STORY-F###NG-TELLING. I thought it was bad ages ago when I heard people sayign they won't bother with books, they'll wait for the movie--and if the movie never happens, they say it isn't worth looking up.
People ask me why do I waste my time writing fanfiction--sad point is that it's the only thing most people read anymore. I mean, look at the Star Wars and Star Trek spinoff novels and stories--those are essentially fanfiction. Paid fanfiction.
People don't read them because they're good storytelling or anything--they're read because the fans want to hear more stories about Television/movie/comic-book characters they like. Story depth and quality (to say nothing of writing!) play absolutely no part in it.
I've just been to a Postgrad Open Day at Swinburne University and was really taken with the idea of getting a Graduate Degree in Writing. I love the idea of it--becoming a legit creative writer--but it's easily tempered by the fact that the audience I seek also happens to be the audience that probably couldn't get past my first paragraph.
Because seriously, a writer has to write to the future. And if the future can no longer be bothered to read...what then?