If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle.
Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.
To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
As fiction writers, we are entertainers.
I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.