We Need Artists and Writers More Than Ever
Not as content farms for AI-generation
As a writer who spends way too much time online, much of that time is spent on Twitter as part of the extensive writing/publishing community that exists there.
While generally an uplifting environment, where fellow writers shout about their friends’ accomplishments and share in small writerly joys, sometimes (oftentimes) things happen that cause drama.
Last month, an agent, in a now-deleted tweet, stated that agents have a “real job” while writers were simply hobbyists with a passion. While this was said in a moment of frustration between this agent and a querying author, the message was not lost on anyone.
I can understand her frustration. There’s a weird power dynamic that occurs between agents and querying authors that sometimes causes friction.
But, most often, the power dynamic favours agents and writers asking for a bit of transparency doesn’t seem like that big of an ask.
Anyway, that’s not the point.
The point is that people like to dismiss writers. And I could even expand this to include artists and creatives in general.
From the WGA strike to so-called authors bragging about “writing” and “illustrating” books using AI…
