A Coda On Last Thursday’s Quote

I had barely posted last Thursday’s writing quote, when I realized that I didn’t agree with it 100%.

Just to recap, the quote was from US author Ellen Gilchrist (1935 -2024)  and read:

“How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the reader well.”

I still love the quote and I definitely do think respecting and valuing readers is a really important part of the writing life. The “not 100%” lies in that, on reflection, I don’t ...