Forum: Writers


Subject: Thoughts of a Book

ChuckEvans opened this issue on Oct 18, 2002 ยท 23 posts


ChuckEvans posted Sat, 19 October 2002 at 2:04 PM

"Is the idea to get published at any cost, or is the point to create something that you feel is the best you can do, whether or not it is published? Do you write to the public taste to get recognition, or do you write to your own taste to have self-satisfaction that you have expressed what you needed to express? Do we have a greater moral obligation to please other people than to please ourselves?" I hope I wasn't misunderstood. I realize there are people who are like this. Like what dialyn has alluded to. I guess those people may chase notoriety more than art. But, I was speaking of a different kind of person. One who creates art and if others want it as it is, then fine. I would hope it would make them feel good that it touched others in some way. Even if it's only one other person. I wasn't advertising the bastardization of one's art for the sake of noteriety. Just suggesting an opportunity for it to breathe. Whether it be for money or for free.