I think your view will be understood here, but that is because we are writers.
I think there is a danger though of putting the craft before the customer. The end result is that we want people to read our works. I do believe that art is important, but we must be mindful of our customer which is the reader.
Now there are different types of readers at all levels of sophistication. Perhaps your writings target a more 'sophisticated' crowd that likes good literature.
But even that type of writing needs to be mindful of its true master.
How about this compromise. It's o.k. to whore ourselves out to the lords of marketing and sales. Then when we become big, then we can do what we want.
I just hope, when we get to that point, we have enough of our souls left to remember what good writing is
But I'm not at that stage yet. I' m just submitting shorts. My career as a novelist will start this NanoWriMo
Mel...
I think there is a danger though of putting the craft before the customer. The end result is that we want people to read our works. I do believe that art is important, but we must be mindful of our customer which is the reader.
Now there are different types of readers at all levels of sophistication. Perhaps your writings target a more 'sophisticated' crowd that likes good literature.
But even that type of writing needs to be mindful of its true master.
How about this compromise. It's o.k. to whore ourselves out to the lords of marketing and sales. Then when we become big, then we can do what we want.
I just hope, when we get to that point, we have enough of our souls left to remember what good writing is
But I'm not at that stage yet. I' m just submitting shorts. My career as a novelist will start this NanoWriMo
Mel...