People will stop writing?

3rd April 2008 with 6 Comments

Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter at Times Online, reports on the concerns of the Society of Authors that their members are worried about the publishing industry failing to adapt to the digital age. Tracy Chevalier, the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring who is the current chair of the organisation, feels the internet is awash [...]

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The first and last important rule for the creative writer, then, is that though there may be rules (formulas) for ordinary, easily publishable fiction — imitation fiction — there are no rules for real fiction, any more than there are rules for serious visual art or musical composition. John Gardner

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