Two years ago, I had a chance to listen to Clive Thompson at a NYU lecture. It was the most important hour I spent in New York, sending me tumbling down the rabbit hole of web writing.Thompson just wrote about our most recent obsession over here at The Publishing Spot--the bestseller. Thompson just nailed the challenges facing fledgling writers in this webby writing market.
Just listen to the man...
"So here's the future of journalism: You show up at work having no idea whether the article or broadcast you're working on will sink into total obscurity, or rocket into planet-wide notoriety. What's going to pop? That piece on insurance-rate gouging? Trucking garbage over the border? Inuit throat singers? One thing is sure: The more promiscuous we make the news -- the easier it is for the online audience to sample, pass around, cut up, remix -- the more likely it'll gain online currency."
Can you deal with this? How can we make our stories more promiscuous ?
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