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This'll seem paradoxical, but that's what blogs are for, right? In the face of AI impacting (?) writers, and the general malaise of the publishing industry, the plight of books, and (of course) the dismal tide of indie publishing, I think there's an opportunity for writers in this mess.
Namely, if book sales are cratering, and there's too much junk writing out there, the writers who can actually tell good stories (always few and far between) should just throw caution to the wind and be more experimental in their fiction.
I know I'm going to do some of that. As I see it, if some hack and/or word pimp using AI (and/or some AI operating alone) is going to gobble up the writing field, as an artist and creator, I should imply abandon any pretense of commercialism in my work and write some gangbusters stuff that's willfully obtuse (and yet, of course, readable).
There's more than a little WTF in this mindset, frankly. Books are dying as an entertainment medium, so why not fully embrace them as a beautiful thing by doing what makes them beautiful to begin with?
Most people just don't read very much. And trying to court those people is foolish; as a writer, I should simply write what amuses me to write, and jettison any thoughts of salability, since only a fraction of the commercial works ever sell.
That said, I'm as committed as ever to good storytelling -- it matters. But the state of writing these days demands some meaningful action, and that makes sense to me. You'll see that from me in the next few years, the works I produce.
Namely, if book sales are cratering, and there's too much junk writing out there, the writers who can actually tell good stories (always few and far between) should just throw caution to the wind and be more experimental in their fiction.
I know I'm going to do some of that. As I see it, if some hack and/or word pimp using AI (and/or some AI operating alone) is going to gobble up the writing field, as an artist and creator, I should imply abandon any pretense of commercialism in my work and write some gangbusters stuff that's willfully obtuse (and yet, of course, readable).
There's more than a little WTF in this mindset, frankly. Books are dying as an entertainment medium, so why not fully embrace them as a beautiful thing by doing what makes them beautiful to begin with?
Most people just don't read very much. And trying to court those people is foolish; as a writer, I should simply write what amuses me to write, and jettison any thoughts of salability, since only a fraction of the commercial works ever sell.
That said, I'm as committed as ever to good storytelling -- it matters. But the state of writing these days demands some meaningful action, and that makes sense to me. You'll see that from me in the next few years, the works I produce.
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