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2016-07-08 21:25:18 Post No. 8256492
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Anonymous
2016-07-08 21:25:18
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Hey /lit/, serious question?
How do you feel about writing and publishing online? I'm not talking about daily life blogs ("Hey here's my breakfast and then I had lunch and here's my dog and a funny vacation photo I took last year) or list articles (Top 10 reasons OP is a faggot) or whatever, I'm talking proper literature in fiction or nonfiction and delivering your ideas by putting them online? I'm also not suggesting you should not partner with an editor, etc., or that you should not publish a physical copy.
My question comes from the idea that, many of the greatest writers/thinkers through history have published or were known through the most popular mediums of their time.
The Greeks used epic poetry, plays/drama, philosophical oration and teaching that was compiled and passed on later through repeated copying.
Monks and theologians obviously had their preaching/oratory and the same copying of ideas in holy texts.
The Middle Ages used oratory and the same copying of ideas to teach chivalry and honor.
Elizabethan England and Shakespeare used plays/drama and poetry. Shakespeare's works weren't even published in his own time.
The Enlightenment's best thinkers were, for the most part, politicians and philosophers.
The 19th and early to mid 20th century were probably the only time when being strictly a writer/novelist/poet through traditional publishing was both a viable working career option (making money) as well as using it for influence and dissemination of ideas.
Now we have a whole new age of technological communication to disseminate your stories and ideas. Communication to a world wide audience, instantly, and largely for free.
I know I rambled a bit here, the main question is are you for or against online writing and publishing?