It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.
The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.
I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.
I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.
Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in because they bring me into worlds that I did not previously know. And that, as a writer, is what I try to create.
What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what draws readers and audiences there in the first place.
I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.
You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?