artists vs. artists/competition among creatives
"What people SHOULD preface their rule-dispensing [for creative pursuits] with is something like this: 'Hey, this is the way it worked for me. Maybe it'll work for you too? And if not, no worries. We're still pals.'"
— Ryan G. Van Cleave
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"When I go to literary conferences that are non-genre, if it's just a broad literary conference, and I say I write literary horror, they respond, 'I can't read that stuff.' I'm supposed to just say, 'I understand.' I met a writer who does historical British non-fiction, from a specific time period. If I'd said, 'I don't read anything before 1700,' I would be a jerk."
— Paul Tremblay
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"It was especially severe as a student in my overly competitive MFA program at the University of Iowa. We students were pitted against each other and competed for praise, merit scholarships, and teaching jobs. Most workshops, I'd leave in tears."
— Harriet Levin Millan
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"I've also been at writers' summer workshops where really the model is setting one young writer against another. I find that appalling. Writing is not the WWE."
— Jane Yolen
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