Image: The Writer's Block (here)
Emily Dickinson’s phrase "Publication - is the
Auction Of the Mind "
She argues that publishing creative work is a "foul" act that degrades intimate thoughts
She argues that publishing creative work is a "foul" act that degrades intimate thoughts
into commercial
commodities. She believed ideas are divine gifts, not for sale, and that
selling one's writing is equivalent to prostituting the soul.
Prompt: to include ‘publication is the auction of the mind’
He has been writing well since school days. He enjoyed the teacher’s
good comments of his works. He was plainly one-up against his other
They lacked reading which were reflected in bombastic displays of
Prompt: to include ‘publication is the auction of the mind’
He has been writing well since school days. He enjoyed the teacher’s
good comments of his works. He was plainly one-up against his other
friends. They freeze when tasked with writing an essay.
They lacked reading which were reflected in bombastic displays of
writing skills. His simplicity of works produced were frowned upon by
them.
He is now a successful writer with his own set-up. Simplicity is his
forte. He just could not understand why his works were selling like
hot-cakes. Simplicity sells and he was happy.
Basking in the limelight with a few bestsellers others just could not
comprehend. Priced relatively higher and selling well, he was often
labelled unfairly as being lured by money. Why should there be any
objections?
He agreed that ‘publication is the auction of the mind’ Pricing was
irrelevant. Arguments rightly expressed with substance would win
the day!
| Melissa Lemay at d'Verse's Prosery Publication |
Nice one
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If people enjoy and buy it then so much the better.
ReplyDeleteCreative works are just that - work. And like any other kind of work, the producer should be compensated.
Hank, good to see you back. I agree with Alex.
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