tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post6730180292276048275..comments2023-11-05T03:43:25.425-05:00Comments on It's all good: the future of publishing is socialAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-16566571451381951432007-03-04T21:31:00.000-05:002007-03-04T21:31:00.000-05:00Literature, probably not. But ad copy? Marketing? ...Literature, probably not. But ad copy? Marketing? Web copy? (gasp...blog copy??) You bet...(for me, anyway.)<BR/><BR/>But yes, I shudder to think what the focus group would have said to <A HREF="http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/NameFinder?query=local.pnkey+exact+%22oconnor,%20flannery$1925%201964%22" REL="nofollow">Flannery O'Conner</A>, for example: "Difficult to understand, please make message clearer."Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-75235476110369111202007-03-02T19:14:00.000-05:002007-03-02T19:14:00.000-05:00I'd argue that it's different and it's interesting...I'd argue that it's different and it's interesting, but that doesn't make it an improvement on other forms of writing. The idea that a writer needs "instant feedback" in order to create makes me a little sad. Literature by focus group?K.G. Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351201745271869886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-53294344381726992052007-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:00Reader-response theory made personal! (and immedia...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader-response_criticism" REL="nofollow">Reader-response theory</A> made personal! (and immediate!) <A HREF="http://law.fiu.edu/faculty/faculty_fish.htm" REL="nofollow">Stanley Fish</A>, eat your heart out.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.com