I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Writers Really Do Like to Write About Writing

Again, because I'm a new writer (still have the new writer smell!), I'm always keyed to essays abotu being a new writer. Who doesn't like reading about themselves?

So here's Jay Lake's take on it.

And here's Richard Park's take on it. Ogre-san also talks a little about one hit wonders, which it's good to see that perspective.

2 comments:

Camille Alexa said...

I thought it was simply that we writers tend to make quite free with our opinions.

Steve Buchheit said...

Camille, (feigns surprise) writers like sharing opinions.

Well, yeah. I just think it's so cool that this industry tends to be fairly open (at least on the writers part of the business) and has a culture of sharing experiences.

As a former Art School person, I felt the best results were achieved when everybody shared their ideas, energy, and skills and talents. When we started to get jealous, envious, and competitive the work suffered. (there's a somewhat long post there about the different values in different art schools and my opinions of them, including of their graduates that I've worked with and/or hired)