writerobscura, 17 days ago to books This is so depressingly true: +It used to be ‘I read something i shouldn’t have’ +Now its ‘you wrote something you shouldn’t have’ #fanthropology #reading #writing #writerdons #fiction #creativewriting #WritersCoffeeClub Tumblr user RainyStudios also speaks on the subject of reader advisories and readers reaction to them: | remember when things were like this, the author/creator was really a non-issue. If | stepped on a content landmine, | wasn't looking to see who made something to engage with them, | was focused on getting out of there. Seeing or reading something upsetting to me was like *I knew there were holes in the woods and | fell into one this time". It wasn't personal, and | didn't even consider it being the author's specific fault. Whereas now the go to is *I fell into a hole, burn down the whole forest into a dead, bare, charred wasteland so | and no one else can ever fall into a hole again. This kind of experience was honestly more liberating because | never took the experience personally. The focus was "how can | make myself feel better?' and not some kind of vengeance going "how can | make them pay?'
This is so depressingly true:
+It used to be ‘I read something i shouldn’t have’
+Now its ‘you wrote something you shouldn’t have’
#fanthropology #reading #writing #writerdons #fiction #creativewriting #WritersCoffeeClub
Tumblr user RainyStudios also speaks on the subject of reader advisories and readers reaction to them: | remember when things were like this, the author/creator was really a non-issue. If | stepped on a content landmine, | wasn't looking to see who made something to engage with them, | was focused on getting out of there. Seeing or reading something upsetting to me was like *I knew there were holes in the woods and | fell into one this time". It wasn't personal, and | didn't even consider it being the author's specific fault. Whereas now the go to is *I fell into a hole, burn down the whole forest into a dead, bare, charred wasteland so | and no one else can ever fall into a hole again. This kind of experience was honestly more liberating because | never took the experience personally. The focus was "how can | make myself feel better?' and not some kind of vengeance going "how can | make them pay?'