Hey guys,
Do you ever think about the great writers of history and wonder if they would be working in literature if they were alive today? Maybe they'd be writers, but would it be in the same medium or in the same form?
For example, if Shakespeare were alive today, would he be a playwright or a screenwriter?
Would Hemingway be a motivational YouTube personality?
Would Kerouac be a travel blogger?
Would Tolstoy be on Patreon?
Would Steinbeck be writing scathing political opinion or commentary?
Would Whitman rule Tumblr and Pinterest?
If Pynchon were starting his career today, would he be the king of weird Twitter?
>>7854095
The Whitman one I could believe, and wouldn't be surprised.
>>7854131
Whitman's great though.
>>7854095
>> For example, if Shakespeare were alive today, would he be a playwright or a screenwriter?
screenwriter
>> Would Hemingway be a motivational YouTube personality?
no, he'd be like better tom clancy
>>Would Kerouac be a travel blogger?
yes, but there are a million travel bloggers now. no one would know who he is, he'd have like 100 followers on twitter and eventually give up and teach middle school english or something
>>Would Tolstoy be on Patreon?
tolstoy wouldn't be published...maybe in christian bookstores?
>>Would Steinbeck be writing scathing political opinion or commentary?
steinbeck wouldn't be published, he'd be lost in the drawer of some agent's intern. not ripping on him, ripping on the system.
>> Would Whitman rule Tumblr and Pinterest?
no, whitman is too antisocial for social media
>> If Pynchon were starting his career today, would he be the king of weird Twitter?
if i had to guess he has an alt account or two now
The ambitious figures would probably be screenwriters and directors. You can't exactly transpose a Shakespeare into modernity though, he can't really exist outside of that period.
The poets would probably still be poets on the other hand.
Well I was really just spitballing and saying random examples to start a discussion, but:
>>7854172
>>> For example, if Shakespeare were alive today, would he be a playwright or a screenwriter?
>screenwriter
I agree this is the most likely.
>>> Would Hemingway be a motivational YouTube personality?
>no, he'd be like better tom clancy
That's an interesting thought.
>>>Would Kerouac be a travel blogger?
>yes, but there are a million travel bloggers now. no one would know who he is, he'd have like 100 followers on twitter and eventually give up and teach middle school english or something
Again, I wasn't trying to say he'd be a nobody. He might still be an incredible writer as a travel blogger.
>>>Would Tolstoy be on Patreon?
>tolstoy wouldn't be published...maybe in christian bookstores?
Ha. Yes, he'd probably be the leader of a cult.
>>>Would Steinbeck be writing scathing political opinion or commentary?
>steinbeck wouldn't be published, he'd be lost in the drawer of some agent's intern. not ripping on him, ripping on the system.
Fair enough.
>>> Would Whitman rule Tumblr and Pinterest?
>no, whitman is too antisocial for social media
I disagree.
>>> If Pynchon were starting his career today, would he be the king of weird Twitter?
>if i had to guess he has an alt account or two now
Well this we know for sure. This I would almost guarantee.
>>7854154
I know, I enjoy him thoroughly, but he was sort of a rock-star poet, and throughout his life he was famous for having a lot of daguerreotypes of himself taken, so his "ruling" Tumblr or Pinterest wouldn't be so farfetched (he would also be King of Instagram for that matter).
