Your writing

What happens when you remove middlemen from publishing, and people read what other people write -- unedited and unfiltered? Seth Godin posits:

"Without a publisher/editor/boss to blame, your writing is your writing. Your followup is your followup. That means some people become trains without tracks. They just sit there.

"The barriers are gone, the costs are zero. The question is: what are you going to do with your writing?"

This existential question reminds me of when I wrote a few science fiction stories more than a few years ago, and my mom asked why I wanted to write. Her question: "Do you have something to say?" At the time, I had to admit the answer was, "No." I eventually stopped.

Don't stop.

Comments

[nettie hartsock]

I like the don't stop post. I once received a letter from Roy Blount Jr. and he quoted E.B. White who said, "If you can't but not write, you're a writer."

I like your blog much and home office with cats as well. And am hoping to get a Chinese pug in the spring and name him secretary!

[Cathy]

Thanks, Nettie! Take care your pug doesn't think he/she is alpha dog and therefore President! My cats are quite sure that I'm just the gopher around here.