The universe is made of stories, not of atoms – Muriel Rukeyser
It has never been easier in the history of humankind, to write and send out one’s writings to a larger potential audience in the world, than it is today.
The internet has not only opened up the possibility of creating stories to anyone who cares to do so but the technology now exists that has so simplified publishing to enable those stories to be placed in the hands of readers everywhere in as many forms as one can dream of, even going beyond the traditional form of books and their more recent electronic cousins. It’s mightily easier than finding and learning to use a Gutenberg press and sending finished manuscripts out on the backs of mules, taken by monks, to far away lands.
But what type of story works? Is there a type that’s sure to succeed at the expense of others? How different can successful works of fiction be? Continue reading “Deserving a Place in the Known Universe”