Happy Memorial Day, y’all.
Very short post today:
It’s a great time to be a writer and a storyteller.
It’s not the easiest time, no.
But it is a great time, just the same.
We have more options than ever.
The Internet has given us tools and connectedness.
Our stories can travel lickety-split with the click of a mouse or the swipe of a finger.
We can connect with other creators and collaborate.
The audience can collaborate with us.
We can publish big, small, or by ourselves.
We have artists and editors and audio techs all within digital reach.
The crowd can fund our efforts.
The web can push them out to millions.
Word-of-mouth carries our signal to circles overlapping circles overlapping circles — many pebbles thrown, infinite ripples colliding, a creative chaos theory given life and form.
None of this is simple.
All of it takes work.
The level of work we have to do is greater — and there remains oh-so-much to learn.
But while the key is heavy and the lock is stubborn, the door that it opens is profound.
It’s a great time to be a writer and a storyteller.
Go write.
Go tell stories.
Go and find your audience.
A.M. Schultz says:
Short and sweet. Good advice to digest with the 32ozs of coffee I’m about to put a hurtin’ on over the next 4 minutes.
-A.M.
http://amschultz.com
May 28, 2012 — 5:48 AM
Prudence MacLeod says:
Hey there, nice to see you lay aside the heavy sarcasm and just tell it straight. I like it. Hope your upcoming year is good to you.
May 28, 2012 — 1:53 PM
Bronson O'Quinn says:
I came here for a healthy spoonful of vulgarity and snark, not some namby-pamby inspirational message!
Aww, who am I kidding? Group hug, everyone! Share the love! (hey, stop getting so grabby.)
May 28, 2012 — 3:04 PM
Timothy John Whitcher says:
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
– Stuart Smalley
Thank you for the daily affirmation!
May 28, 2012 — 4:06 PM
Beth L. says:
Just so. Well said.
May 28, 2012 — 4:18 PM
James R. Tuck says:
Hell.
Yes.
May 28, 2012 — 7:08 PM
Darlene Underdahl says:
Do the best you can do… don’t plan on tossing a bunch of journals and Post It notes at someone. No one’s going to ghost-write for you if you’re not already a celebrity of some sort; plan on doing the work yourself, and then proving yourself with good temper and more product. Off to take my own advice.
May 28, 2012 — 9:26 PM
Caroline says:
Thanks for this 🙂
May 28, 2012 — 11:04 PM
David says:
<3
I'm enjoying very much the way you're sticking it to the pessimists and the separatists lately, and demonstrating the truth of your advice through action. Keep sticking!
(PS started Blackbirds this week. Enjoying so far.)
May 28, 2012 — 11:08 PM
Casz Brewster says:
Not the easiest, but the greatest.
I’m down with that.
Mama said there’d be days like this and it still beats getting shot at and polishing boots.
May 29, 2012 — 12:47 AM