Ugh
Posted on | October 27, 2008 | 9 Comments
Hands are shaking in anger right now.
Let me just say this clearly — devaluing writers in the digital age seems like a bad idea.
Category: Writing Thoughts by Melissa Lion
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October 27th, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
It is unfortunate, but also reality for a lot of paper print media these days. I am guessing you know this person? I wish her luck in finding something new and better.
October 27th, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Um.. Melissa? “Writing” is about the easiest thing you can do. Its just hitting a bunch of random keys on a keyboard and tuh duh! So it makes fiscal sense to lay off writers – we’ve all heard the million monkeys with a million keyboards argument. Well, since most places aren’t trying to recreate all the writings of Shakespeare… just a few news stories a day… they only need like a hundred monkeys and a hundred keyboards.
October 27th, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
Yeah things are not looking good round these parts. The behind-the-scenes losses are even more devastating. When will these big media companies learn to monetize their digital assets?
October 27th, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
I’ve decided to quit writing and pursue my second love – human resources.
It just SOUNDS glamorous, doesn’t it?
October 28th, 2008 @ 8:50 am
Sorry about that.
October 28th, 2008 @ 11:00 am
My hands were shaking in anger today when I realized that my husband brought all the leftover eggplant Parmesan to work with him.
That’s not the same as your stuff is it?
October 28th, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
melissa, porn in the digital age is alive and kicking. just sayin’.
ken
ps, you never claimed dibs, wifey.
October 28th, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
Devaluing writers in any age is a bad idea, but that’s generally how things go.
Robert’s comment reminded me of something I heard several years ago: “It was once said that a million monkeys pounding a million keyboards would produce the entire works of Shakespeare. But thanks to the internet, we now know that to be untrue.”
October 28th, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
It’s sad, but from a very objective point of view, it’d make sense.
They’ll find out much too late that it’s the writer that makes the difference, not the content.