Tuesday, February 19, 2008

You're dangerous. You don't know what you want.

This doesn't quite fit in The Awesome List, so I'm giving it a post of it's own. The craft of writing fascinates me and I'm always interested in articles and quotes about how to do it better.

One of my pet subjects is how writing isn't a participatory endeavor. Some fans want it to be and clamor loudly on message boards and blogs about how they want writers to listen to them and tell the stories they want to hear. Essentially, they want to write their favorite shows and books themselves.

But writers shouldn't write for the fans. Fans don't know what they want. The Grey's Anatomy writers know it, Sam Raimi knows it, and now it's clear that Doctor Who producer Russell T. Davies knows it too.

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