MrT quotes this from KC Constantine:
>The same person who asked if reading was important
asked
>me if writers need to be of this world or remote from
it. I
>believe writers absolutely, definitely, positively
need to
>be of the world. If you doubt that, just try reading
the
>stuff that comes out of all those graduate
writing
>programs.
<snip>
>What I'm
>trying to say is, what the fuck do you write about if
you
>don't move around in the commercial and political
world?
>How long can you keep writing about having your first
sex
>or observing your first death or how your Uncle
Buck's
>drinking spoiled your family holidays? Or God help us
all,
>how many stories can you write about the politics in
the
>English Department?"
Though I think this is hilarious - and in many cases all too
true - I think it's more complicated than the quote implies.
I mean, there are plenty of perfectly respectable day jobs
that don't get you out in the "commercial and political
world." We don't particularly need more novels about cubicle
politics at Microsoft any more than we do about intrigues in
the English department (I mean, Dilbert is great, but how
much Dilbert can you take?) On the other hand, a writer who
can afford to quit the dull day presumably has the time and
funds to travel, explore and experience things that wouldn't
be available to them otherwise.
Carrie
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