Comments on: Short Stories: A Waste of Time…? http://www.altruisticbs.com/short-stories#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Black literature, dope music, drool-worthy gadgets and publication rejections. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mensah http://www.altruisticbs.com/short-stories/comment-page-1#comment-79 mensah Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:27:54 +0000 http://www.altruisticbs.com/?p=532#comment-79 Thanks for reading, Becca. I think it always comes back to the desired end result. I don't know if writing itself is a waste of time...it can feel that way when people bemoan our society's reading habits, or lack thereof, and for every Oscar Wao, you have ten Twilights (one original, nine knock-offs) sitting on the shelf. But I think they'll always be a place for good literature and they'll always be a reader seeking out such art. Now, all of that aside lol, as much as fiction writers would like not to admit it, the novel as a medium is the ONLY form keeping fiction from being perceived as useless as poetry in the eyes of many readers. The short story is a niche market, failing to penetrate past the walls of colleges, lit mags and agents who, in the end, still want a novel from you lol. It seems to fly in the face of our attention-deficient personalities these days...and that's why I maintain a modicum of hope for the market in the future. Unfortunately, thus far, no one has figured out how to package and deliver short stories in a relevant, modern way (Kindles and such aside). Anyway, thank you again for the comment and keep coming back :) Thanks for reading, Becca. I think it always comes back to the desired end result. I don’t know if writing itself is a waste of time…it can feel that way when people bemoan our society’s reading habits, or lack thereof, and for every Oscar Wao, you have ten Twilights (one original, nine knock-offs) sitting on the shelf. But I think they’ll always be a place for good literature and they’ll always be a reader seeking out such art.

Now, all of that aside lol, as much as fiction writers would like not to admit it, the novel as a medium is the ONLY form keeping fiction from being perceived as useless as poetry in the eyes of many readers. The short story is a niche market, failing to penetrate past the walls of colleges, lit mags and agents who, in the end, still want a novel from you lol. It seems to fly in the face of our attention-deficient personalities these days…and that’s why I maintain a modicum of hope for the market in the future. Unfortunately, thus far, no one has figured out how to package and deliver short stories in a relevant, modern way (Kindles and such aside).

Anyway, thank you again for the comment and keep coming back :)

]]> By: becca http://www.altruisticbs.com/short-stories/comment-page-1#comment-78 becca Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:12:57 +0000 http://www.altruisticbs.com/?p=532#comment-78 I wrestle with this often. Is writing in general a waste of time? You’ve hashed this out well! Love the blog. Ran into your site via twitter. You’ve won a new reader. I wrestle with this often. Is writing in general a waste of time? You’ve hashed this out well!

Love the blog. Ran into your site via twitter. You’ve won a new reader.

]]> By: becca http://www.altruisticbs.com/short-stories/comment-page-1#comment-77 becca Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:11:25 +0000 http://www.altruisticbs.com/?p=532#comment-77 I wrestle with this often. Is writing in general a waste of time? You've hashed this out well! Love the blog. Ran into your site via twitter. You've won a new reader. I wrestle with this often. Is writing in general a waste of time? You’ve hashed this out well!

Love the blog. Ran into your site via twitter. You’ve won a new reader.

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