Let us not forget that after Michaelangelo's death, Daniele de Volterra was hired to paint loincloths over the exposed genitals in "The Last Judgment".
The decision to cover nudity in religious art was made in 1565 and marked a change in the attitudes that had dominated Italian art for the previous two centuries. The actual covering was done over 20 years after the work was completed. The Vatican funded both the painting and the censoring of the painting, under different popes with different attitudes.
Actually I did not miss the point. My point being during his time the masses appreciated the work of Shakespeare etc It often takes academics time to catch up with culture. Many of the greatest plays and musicals are trashed by critics but kept alive by audiences.
I agree then. But that is a question of it's own, outside of the "writing for oneself/writing for an audience" question.
Only an accomplished writer can write something and get their intended reaction from the audience. The audience's reaction is important, in the sense of whether or not it is what the author foresaw.
The artist need not even understand what he is doing, and need not even once consider what the audience's reaction will be. He need only ask himself, "What's trying to appear here?" and render his best effort to help it to do so without getting in the way. As long as he's being true to what's trying to come forth, operating in spite of what people will think and not motivated by it, I'd say he can consider that a success in itself and may have as his epitaph without ever having been recognized, "It wasn't much, but it was all I had to offer, and I never compromised." But the dance begins when it's shared.
when you write a story? In other words Do you have a reader im mind? or Do you just write in the HOPE of being read? or would you say that it is important to understand andknow yoru reader in order to be a better writer? feedback of any type is better then none and your reader IS your feedback.
I've been here longer than you. You can't stop me. Please keep all future threads to yourself. And yeah, sometimes I think about readers. Mostly I think about writing it. Readers will come one day, but they're not important right now.
Never. When I write the only person's interests I keep in mind are my own. There are a few people who are interested in almost everything I produce but I still don't try to please them. I've been told that my plots are "exciting" and "unpredictable" and I put this down to writing simply what I want to see happening rather than going with what "the reader's" most favourable outcome might be.
you say you have been told that your plots are exciting/unpredictable . This is a feedback. Without a reader you would not have any. Are you really sure that you do not care nor take interest in your reader?
i write my stories for me and if they please other people then i will make money if not then i will have produced something that i can enjoy time and again and that is my only aim if i ever being pandering to the reader then it would come over as unrealistic and contrived and take away from interlectual reader enjoyment leading to failure so in the long run it is just not worth it
hiya need to write..how have you been? Of course you would write it for you first but it would be nice if you could share it with others because their feedback is essantially what would motivate you in the lon term. Inspirations and the will to write must comes from all sort of sources and the reader is one of them. When I write I have an image/ an idea of who might be reading my stories. It is a bit like saying birds of the same feather flock together?? Meaning you are careful with who you chose to be friends with and who you wish to just know but keep a distance from because they are not your type of people. So I apply the same idea with my readers. I write because I like it and because I also know that there are poeple like me(my readers) who would enjoy my stories. One is not without the other.
no, i don't think about potential readers when i write... and i don't write 'in the hope' of being read, but with the assumption it will be...
The only readers I'm concerned with while writing are my betas, and they're offering very specific feedback. By the time anyone else reads it, it's too late to change anything, and my next story most likely will be going off in a completely different direction. All I know is some readers will like it, some won't, and there's not much I can do to change that.
Not really. I write what I want to because chances are there'll be other people who enjoy what I've written too.
All the time. I always try to remember to pace my story while still giving it amazing detail. But not sometimes, some things you just got to take a shot at, win or lose.
I don't think about who will read it during the first draft, that's just for me and I can write all the crap I want. If I bother finishing the first draft, I firgure the idea must be good or at least have potential, or else I wouldn't have bothered. When I start editing I keep readers in mind, but really only in general terms, such as what age group will this story suit best. So if I write something I think might suit a younger audience better I will remove everything that is too graphic and things that might go over their heads.
I write the story mainly for me, but I do sometimes think about what someone else would think of it. Especially when I start wondering about the possibility of publishing it in the future.
I write until I like what I've written. If I like it, then I figure that someone else might like it too. But I don't concern myself with the "someone elses" while I'm writing.
Well LOL. I am amazed at people's lack of savvy about the publishing world. It's like you guys just decided to write one day and have made no effort in understanding the craft of writing or how the publishing world works. And I'm stunned people think they might one day be published with the god awful spelling and grammar on this site. A typo or occassional oversight is one thing, but, come on guys, get real.
The hardest question for me is how will the reader respond to certain themes when the plot is in a darker influence. Im extremely curious to see what they would see.
Readers aren't why I'm writing. I'm writing because that's what I've wanted to do since I was a kid. My aunt tells me that when I was 5, I'd sit at the dinner table reading the dictionary. I've always been into words, and I've only become better at writing with time. Frankly, fuck the readers. Being published would be great, but if you're only writing because you want to be published, then you're pretty much a hack. I'd love to make my money from writing, but I'm content for it to be a hobby.
Ive always loved writing so being paid to do it would be nice to have, but that's not why i write. I write for the enjoyment, not for the money.
