Comments on: Free Culture and the Undead Art of Writing on the Web http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/ Visual media design, communication arts, web love Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: CrazyDreamer http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-1249 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:43:35 +0000 http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-1249 Very interesting. I think that I'll take a look through the rest of your archives as well, even if you don't seem to post here anymore. Very interesting. I think that I’ll take a look through the rest of your archives as well, even if you don’t seem to post here anymore.

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]]> by: Mariyam Ahmed http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-448 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:42:12 +0000 http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-448 yes exactly. I love what you are saying and i love how this site looks. Am in a hurry but i am going to settle down later and browse. thanks yes exactly. I love what you are saying and i love how this site looks. Am in a hurry but i am going to settle down later and browse. thanks

]]> by: James Smythe http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-164 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:49:57 +0000 http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-164 Fascinating article, and the book sounds great. I always argue (mainly talking about fiction on the web) that it's the lack of editorial control or influence that drives quality down, and I think this holds true when talking about 'quality' articles, reviews, interviews etc as well. For the majority of websites I visit I am struck by this odd feeling - and it's a feeling that hits me in day to day life as well, at the office, say - that just because somebody has either an A-level (or equivalent) in English or a degree of any description they think that they can write something passionate and/or meaningful and/or worth my time to read. And, most of the time they can't. With fiction, this has gotten to a state of disaster: the most widely read fictional blogs, for example, or some nominees for the Blooker prize, for example, show a disasterous lack of talent. If you google Fictional Blogs, some of the first actual pieces of fiction that you stumble across may be enough to drive you away from reading fiction on the net for life. Fascinating article, and the book sounds great. I always argue (mainly talking about fiction on the web) that it’s the lack of editorial control or influence that drives quality down, and I think this holds true when talking about ‘quality’ articles, reviews, interviews etc as well. For the majority of websites I visit I am struck by this odd feeling - and it’s a feeling that hits me in day to day life as well, at the office, say - that just because somebody has either an A-level (or equivalent) in English or a degree of any description they think that they can write something passionate and/or meaningful and/or worth my time to read. And, most of the time they can’t.

With fiction, this has gotten to a state of disaster: the most widely read fictional blogs, for example, or some nominees for the Blooker prize, for example, show a disasterous lack of talent. If you google Fictional Blogs, some of the first actual pieces of fiction that you stumble across may be enough to drive you away from reading fiction on the net for life.

]]> by: Lemius http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-135 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:49:50 +0000 http://technicalpoet.com/2007/07/31/undeadartofwriting/#comment-135 I want to believe in the ... potential of posterity as well. But I myself am probably the only semi-well read individual of my graduating class. I meet people may age every other day and most do not read. Most of their parents don't read. So there goes the cultural heritage aspect right there. A generation of people who's main window into culture is MTV (which doesn't even play music anymore for christ's sake)with an average knowledge of our literary heritage that is limited to that Dicken's book they were forced to read in highschool. It really -doesn't- look promising. Well, I forgot Harry Potter and Anne Rice books. Certainly not to be scorned, but when that's all you've read I'd venture to say you are starving yourself. I want to believe in the … potential of posterity as well. But I myself am probably the only semi-well read individual of my graduating class. I meet people may age every other day and most do not read. Most of their parents don’t read. So there goes the cultural heritage aspect right there.

A generation of people who’s main window into culture is MTV (which doesn’t even play music anymore for christ’s sake)with an average knowledge of our literary heritage that is limited to that Dicken’s book they were forced to read in highschool. It really -doesn’t- look promising.

Well, I forgot Harry Potter and Anne Rice books. Certainly not to be scorned, but when that’s all you’ve read I’d venture to say you are starving yourself.

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