My point was not that writers need to wear a writer hat and go to a writer office where all they do is write. That's a straw man.
Writing is craft. It's difficult to do well. And it doesn't pay. That doesn't mean that it can't be done well by someone who also does other things. It does mean that aimlessly blogging is not a route to fortune and hardly one to fame.
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Re: oh shit
Date: 2006-10-17 03:42 pm (UTC)Umberto Eco isn't a professional writer?
My point was not that writers need to wear a writer hat and go to a writer office where all they do is write. That's a straw man.
Writing is craft. It's difficult to do well. And it doesn't pay. That doesn't mean that it can't be done well by someone who also does other things. It does mean that aimlessly blogging is not a route to fortune and hardly one to fame.