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Originally Posted by taosaur
I'm only advocating the abolition of dour, unimaginative prognostication.
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Nice way of sidestepping the question.
I've seen all the fantastical and imaginative prognostication going about and it all entails artists in some way putting in extra effort, time, work or value to convince people to pay for their creative efforts. Have a chat room with special access to the author, have handwritten autographs, have some special leather bound edition, sell off characters name and personalities etc etc etc. Why should an artist be required to do any of that if someone wants to read their book?
How many people here advocating such and who trade x hours for x dollars each day to earn a living, would be happy if their boss asked them to put in extra effort, time, work or add some extra value before they were willing to pay them for their regular work efforts? Maybe your employer wants you to run a customer service chat room for them in your spare time before you get your pay each week for doing your regular hours. Sound like a good plan? Yeah, didn't think so.
Cheers,
PKFFW