A piece of advice I gave my anak-anakan in literature today:
Be a serious writer. Do not be a pop culture writer whose truth is ephemeral--future generations will only laugh at you and devalue your works. Do not strive to reach as many readers as you can in the present. Those readers only seek to be entertained. If those readers are your fans right now, it isn't worth writing for them, for all they want is to clutter their shelves with as many books as they are able to. Remember that, as of today, THERE IS A WRITER IN EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS COUNTRY, and you should be the writer who withstands the test of time.
Be a serious writer. Do not be a pop culture writer whose truth is ephemeral--future generations will only laugh at you and devalue your works. Do not strive to reach as many readers as you can in the present. Those readers only seek to be entertained. If those readers are your fans right now, it isn't worth writing for them, for all they want is to clutter their shelves with as many books as they are able to. Remember that, as of today, THERE IS A WRITER IN EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS COUNTRY, and you should be the writer who withstands the test of time.
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