A new article in Compact Magazine just attacked Substack and the new wave of literary authors trying to reorient writing away from McMFA programs, woke publishing houses, and readers not interested in transformative work.
You know we are creating noise when the haters start crawling out from the woodwork.
In the video, I explore what the article gets right and wrong! Here are some of the topics discussed
Full breakdown of the article
Is serializing a novel on Substack a good idea?
The sorry state of affairs in publishing houses, MFA programs, and academia
The rise of transformative fiction
What Substack can really do for authors
The Myth of the Working Class Literary Audience. Who actually reads literature?
A deep reflection on Substack’s relation to simulacra, priming readers, gatekeeping, mimetic theory, and irony.
Why most writers on Substack are worse at writing than they think they are
Solutions to the problems Striver outlines
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