A Subsection of the Sub-Industry
A while back I made mention of the sub industries in the literary world that exist only to feed of people’s dream to be a writer.
Within this category, I lump in all those retreats, workshops, mentoring series filmed in hi-def or a heavily filtered lens, and now a good number of Substack pages. All of which promise to make you a better writer, but are more often an avenue to indulge the dream, let you “feel” like you’re doing it, but are really offering you something closer to a cos-play of the real thing. Closer to a “pretend to be a cowboy for a weekend” type of thing than any type of genuine education.
You can read the more cynical version of that post here:
But today I want to discuss the lighter side of this subindustry.
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