Comments on: AWP Pt. 2: Awesome Wrestling (Professional) http://bookfraud.com/2005/01/05/awp-pt-2-awesome-wrestling-professional/ At least 65 percent not depressing. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fleen http://bookfraud.com/2005/01/05/awp-pt-2-awesome-wrestling-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Fleen Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:37:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=4#comment-5 So...what is it you do all day? So…what is it you do all day?

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]]> By: Falconmyst http://bookfraud.com/2005/01/05/awp-pt-2-awesome-wrestling-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Falconmyst Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:48:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=4#comment-3 I would be encouraged by any unbiased reviews you could offer on my site; I obviouslly can learn from you. I would be encouraged by any unbiased reviews you could offer on my site; I obviouslly can learn from you.

]]> By: Peter Glavodevedhzhe http://bookfraud.com/2005/01/05/awp-pt-2-awesome-wrestling-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Peter Glavodevedhzhe Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:41:00 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=4#comment-2 If I were a creative writer, I'd have mixed feelings about AWP too. While there are benefits to the conventions and programs they offer--tips on getting published, a sense of community, learning how to handle editors--it's the benefits themselves that point to a paradox in the professionalization of creative writing: the more writing is framed as a rationalized and standardized profession, the less relevant the business of writing seems to readers (or for that matter writers). <br /><br />When becoming a writer is not substantially different than becoming a lawyer or an advertising exec, then what will writers have to say? To whom? For what purpose? If I were a creative writer, I’d have mixed feelings about AWP too. While there are benefits to the conventions and programs they offer–tips on getting published, a sense of community, learning how to handle editors–it’s the benefits themselves that point to a paradox in the professionalization of creative writing: the more writing is framed as a rationalized and standardized profession, the less relevant the business of writing seems to readers (or for that matter writers).

When becoming a writer is not substantially different than becoming a lawyer or an advertising exec, then what will writers have to say? To whom? For what purpose?

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