Don’t panic: the words are still there

Lucy Lou has a great webcomic about why we shouldn’t freak out about changes coming at us and just focus on the work itself.

I think its particularly good advice. I’m thinking about ten years ago, when I first got into the field, everyone was freaking out and spending energy on webpages and how they were going to change novel writing forever.

The energy could be spent keeping an eye on the prevailing winds and focusing on the craft itself.

Telling a good story is something that will be useful no matter the medium. And people can transition if they value learning no matter where they are in their artist’s journey. Whether its a small iPod screen and trying to figure out how to write best for that, or a screen, whether for audio or screenplay, I think just making sure your brain is elastic enough that you can head in an interesting direction is what counts.

I suppose then, that it doesn’t surprise me that authors like Neil Gaiman, who use graphic novels, screenplays, audio, short stories, novels for adults, kids, who are able to express their art in various media, are very successful. I anticipate more of that.

via Kate Eltham…

Filed under the topic Journal on November 19th 2009 at 1:50 pm. You can subscribe to the RSS feed for this entry to keep track of comments. You can also use to trackback.