I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't think it will work out, doesn't mean that it actually won't.
If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.
Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.
Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.
I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.
Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'
One important idea I hope is reflected in 'The Poe Shadow' is that fiction can add as much to history as nonfiction does.
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