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Originally Posted by tompe
Viewing writing as an art does not mean that you have to write litfic.
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Most of the successful authors of the past century-plus saw it as a craft. A skill to earn a living with, not an exercise in wordsmithing and/or obfuscation.
The former gave us cultural icons that have transcended the ages, the latter fodder for critics and english lit classes. Which would be perfectly fine if the latter had not spent the past century bemoaning the works (and economic rewards) of the former.
Personally, what annoys me is the latter: complaining about what the masses choose to read even they have no desire to write for those masses.