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This quote was interesting to me, "That would be the end of the world for serious writers, who are not performers and who can’t earn a living giving concerts an
by thefool 16y ago
This quote was interesting to me, "That would be the end of the world for serious writers, who are not performers and who can’t earn a living giving concerts and selling T-shirts. Nobody knows how this is going to play out."
There isn't an audience for successful writers to be speakers?
- starkfist 16y agoOnly if you're Malcolm Gladwell.
- cperciva 16y agoI know plenty of academics who are highly engaging in writing but utterly useless at speaking -- even in private conversations, never mind public speaking. I feel sorry for their students, but I'm glad for the books and research they produce.
- dwwoelfel 16y agoDo you know of any who were able to improve their speaking? If so, do you know how?
- _delirium 16y agoFor very famous ones, yes, but it drops off pretty quickly. For most authors, the speaking gigs tend to be unpaid--- travel around the country doing book readings and such to promote your book. An exception can be nonfiction authors who can get onto the corporate workshops circuit, but my guess is that novelists aren't too much in demand there.
- Tichy 16y agoI can't imagine that a significant number of people would be able to earn significant amounts of money by speaking.