/lit/ - Literature

>>20839950
An interview with F. Gardner and a book review by anonymous, &amp issue 005. Gardner is passé. Someone beat you to the punch.

>>20839181
Thanks for the article, though funnily enough I've read it before. A friend recommended it a year-and-a-half ago and we had a discussion on the idea of writing for yourself versus writing for the reader. Part of me balks at the idea that art needs to be made with the viewer in mind or as anything other than self-expression, but I suppose it's a necessity when you decide to present your work to an audience.

That article is probably what put into my head the idea that I've been leaving out important context from my writing. You pointed that out, and you were right about me writing the character more or less as myself. Anyway, I'll give the article another read knowing that I have that problem to address in my writing.