If *no one were interested in what you are doing, then there might be
something for what you say...
I don't mean that to sound as dismissive as it may be; but I feel that I
must speak strongly in the face of "Everything?"
Mind you, Alison started that with asking if *anyone would be interested in
her work
The difficulty is in reaching those who are potentially interested in what
we are doing; and in them being open to that potential engagement
It is entirely respectable to write for an existing identified audience; but
it is only one approach
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "sevanthi ragunathan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 28 July 2001 11:53
Subject: Re: Interview with Matthew Francis (Featured Poet #2, new serie
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| >on the other hand, who knows if anyone would either read or enjoy it?
| >I've no idea. But how much does that count in the writing?
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| Everything?
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| it's something I've been thinking about a lot in the last week, partially
| because I think my sense of my [putative!!] audience is changing, and
| partially because I too wrote a non-linear novel and got way burnt for it.
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| Several times recently, I've had the experience of someone saying, oh, I'd
| be interested in seeing your work, and my having to say, no, you wouldn't
| really, you wouldn't find it interesting. And it's made me ask myself,
| well, then maybe that means there's something [else!] I'm doing wrong...
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| So I'm reading Saki to distract myself from worrying.
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