A chilling counterpart is that a common pattern is much of an author's family being uninterested in reading the work even if it's in the genre they like.
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Beard Cinema Galaxy is my substack. I write film screenplays and stage musicals. If interested in reading weeky content (10 page episodes that drop every Friday at 9 am) then please feel free to join my site. Our current script is AROUND THE WORLD about a reality TV crew and their adventures as they film in countries arounf the globe.
I go with: most people want a connection, and it can be anything. Character, art, personality, humor. But that connection can only come from repeted interactions, even if it's just four panels in a broadsheet for forty years.
Most of the others want belonging. I am the sort of person who read Conrad or Tolstoy or Tanizaki.
A few may care only about quality. But can they really agree about what quality really means?
I'm up for a beer with the Condor- still trying to figure him out! My favorite writers are those who write sentences that make me smile. And when I smile at a sentence I wrote, I know I'm on the right track.
Hi! Thank you so much for liking my note. As a Thai writer who is still practicing English, your like means so much to me. It gives me a lot of power to keep writing. Thank you from my heart! 🙏❤️
"Wow, that means so much to me! Thank you for your kind words. It gives me a lot of confidence to keep going. I will follow you and read your comic! 😊🙏"
Once upon a time, making a connection never mattered. Social media changed that. Now, it's more important than ever, especially for those without a household name. It's ironic, really. I grew up before the internet, when nearly all artists were at the mercy of traditional outlets. Access was granted to the cream of the crop, or to those who could be managed and shaped into something. Those outlets, producers, and distributors would invest heavily in a scattering of potential artists, needing just one to hit to recoup their total investment and garner huge profits. Actually, all this is still happening. But in the digital world we live in now, with multiple competing outlets and self-publishing options, everyone has a way to be heard. Who hears it often depends on connecting personally with the audience.
Yes. The "price of entry" is lower than ever, so the markets are flooded. Making personal connections is a necessary tool for breaking through the noise.
Beard Cinema Galaxy is my substack. I write film screenplays and stage musicals. If interested in reading weeky content (10 page episodes that drop every Friday at 9 am) then please feel free to join my site. Our current script is AROUND THE WORLD about a reality TV crew and their adventures as they film in countries arounf the globe.
I guess I tend to go the other way, or I might just be splitting hairs. I remain bemused that so many people want or need to know something personal about the artist that they love, whereas my connection to the artists that I love is only through their work. Both my parents loved art and presented artists to me as skilled craftspeople. Thus, if I don't need to know anything personal about my roofer or car mechanic, why do I need to know anything personal about my favorite musician or literary writer? I guess I'm just odd that way. I'm interested in The Condor because the writing is consistently well-crafted--visually and literarily. Whether you are doing that with your clothes on or off makes no difference to me. However, whichever way allows you to produce well-crafted art, keep doing it that way.
Do I love you because you’re beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you? Hammerstein. FWIW, my favorite books are The Stand and One hundred Years of Solitude…..
I loved the 1st half of The Stand, but it lost me with the whole (spoiler!) stand off between good and evil in Las Vegas, of all places. I guess I found it a bit trite and even a little obvious in its religious iconography. Just my two cents.
Otherwise King is a seriously underappreciated talent, mostly because he writes so well that you barely notice the puppet strings he's using on you at the very moment you read his work. A street magician sure, but one of - if not THE - very best.
He absolutely could have gotten away without the whole ‘hand of god’ and all that. Agree 100%. I would have actually liked more about the second wave of deaths and if the guy ever made it to Hawaii. But it was still a fantastic book…. How do you feel about Needful Things? I always feel like that one is underrated.
A chilling counterpart is that a common pattern is much of an author's family being uninterested in reading the work even if it's in the genre they like.
People are nothing if not odd.
That's a classic.
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My kids read my work, which I love! Even if they don't love the genre. Spouse putting it off til he retires... hahahaha
Awesome, Paula.
Beard Cinema Galaxy is my substack. I write film screenplays and stage musicals. If interested in reading weeky content (10 page episodes that drop every Friday at 9 am) then please feel free to join my site. Our current script is AROUND THE WORLD about a reality TV crew and their adventures as they film in countries arounf the globe.
Cool, Kay! Beard Cinema Galaxy is a great name, by the way.
I go with: most people want a connection, and it can be anything. Character, art, personality, humor. But that connection can only come from repeted interactions, even if it's just four panels in a broadsheet for forty years.
Most of the others want belonging. I am the sort of person who read Conrad or Tolstoy or Tanizaki.
A few may care only about quality. But can they really agree about what quality really means?
I'm up for a beer with the Condor- still trying to figure him out! My favorite writers are those who write sentences that make me smile. And when I smile at a sentence I wrote, I know I'm on the right track.
Yeah, me too.
Hi! Thank you so much for liking my note. As a Thai writer who is still practicing English, your like means so much to me. It gives me a lot of power to keep writing. Thank you from my heart! 🙏❤️
You're welcome. English is my second language, too.
"Wow, that means so much to me! Thank you for your kind words. It gives me a lot of confidence to keep going. I will follow you and read your comic! 😊🙏"
I think that both are good. The one who has something out a week or 15 years
If only one could be both at the same time.
I enjoyed reading this
Thank you.
Once upon a time, making a connection never mattered. Social media changed that. Now, it's more important than ever, especially for those without a household name. It's ironic, really. I grew up before the internet, when nearly all artists were at the mercy of traditional outlets. Access was granted to the cream of the crop, or to those who could be managed and shaped into something. Those outlets, producers, and distributors would invest heavily in a scattering of potential artists, needing just one to hit to recoup their total investment and garner huge profits. Actually, all this is still happening. But in the digital world we live in now, with multiple competing outlets and self-publishing options, everyone has a way to be heard. Who hears it often depends on connecting personally with the audience.
Things are easier for us, in a way, but also there's a more competitive market.
Yes. The "price of entry" is lower than ever, so the markets are flooded. Making personal connections is a necessary tool for breaking through the noise.
Showing up is important, but the idea of avoiding people for 15 years has, on some days, an attraction.
Yeah! Especially some people.
A thoughtful read
Thank you
This is beautiful to read
Hey, thank you
Man, you are a constant source of inspiration. Thank you for showing up. It is appreciated!
Hey, thanks Colby! Glad you appreciate my stuff.
Beard Cinema Galaxy is my substack. I write film screenplays and stage musicals. If interested in reading weeky content (10 page episodes that drop every Friday at 9 am) then please feel free to join my site. Our current script is AROUND THE WORLD about a reality TV crew and their adventures as they film in countries arounf the globe.
“The theory is that we value people more when we feel closer to them” This, always this. Great, thoughtful post 🤙🙏👏
Thanks, Bobby.
I guess I tend to go the other way, or I might just be splitting hairs. I remain bemused that so many people want or need to know something personal about the artist that they love, whereas my connection to the artists that I love is only through their work. Both my parents loved art and presented artists to me as skilled craftspeople. Thus, if I don't need to know anything personal about my roofer or car mechanic, why do I need to know anything personal about my favorite musician or literary writer? I guess I'm just odd that way. I'm interested in The Condor because the writing is consistently well-crafted--visually and literarily. Whether you are doing that with your clothes on or off makes no difference to me. However, whichever way allows you to produce well-crafted art, keep doing it that way.
Hey, thanks a lot. I think the work sometimes says more things about the author than the trivia from their private life. I’m glad you like the stuff.
Do I love you because you’re beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you? Hammerstein. FWIW, my favorite books are The Stand and One hundred Years of Solitude…..
I love One Hundred Years of Solitude.
I loved the 1st half of The Stand, but it lost me with the whole (spoiler!) stand off between good and evil in Las Vegas, of all places. I guess I found it a bit trite and even a little obvious in its religious iconography. Just my two cents.
Otherwise King is a seriously underappreciated talent, mostly because he writes so well that you barely notice the puppet strings he's using on you at the very moment you read his work. A street magician sure, but one of - if not THE - very best.
He absolutely could have gotten away without the whole ‘hand of god’ and all that. Agree 100%. I would have actually liked more about the second wave of deaths and if the guy ever made it to Hawaii. But it was still a fantastic book…. How do you feel about Needful Things? I always feel like that one is underrated.
Never read The Stand, but I've greatly enjoyed everything I read from the man, so it's on the list.
I think velonging and connection will always be more popular than quality. And easier to measure.