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Max Gladstone@maxgladstone.bsky.social |
The story you write for a "wide audience" will be trammeled by your own (incorrect) belief in the existence of normal people. The story you write for the weird little goblin who lives inside your brain will grow wings because the world is full of weird little goblins
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Cristi (Ducky)
@reeshahasha.bsky.social
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Thank you. As a weird little goblin I needed to hear this
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NutMeg
@casuallychaotic.bsky.social
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Masamune Shirow was quoted several times expressing the opinion that it was far better to be loved by a dedicated fanbase who'll follow your career for decade than to be liked by the masses who'll forget you as soon as the next shiny thing comes along.
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Greg Rank
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I couldn’t get the rhyme “Lydia and Chlamydia” out of my brain, so I wrote a song using the rhyme. Once released, I thought there would be no way to market the song. The the AP published a story about 400 koala bears being vaccinated in Australia because they were dying from chlamydia - i
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Michael del Castillo
@delcastillo.bsky.social
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Thank you for this.
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Mike Tee
@miketee182.bsky.social
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I have honestly been shocked by the amount of folks from all different backgrounds that have told me they resonate with my very specific, basically-autobiographical graphic novel. Your people are out there!!! Bit.ly/teotihuacancomic
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ForestGoblin
@neo-kajatrash.bsky.social
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One step ahead on the goblin part lol
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SteveMND
@stevemnd.bsky.social
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Yep. People should remember that catering to the "widest audience" is basically just catering to the colloquial "lowest common denominator," and while that may work in some sectors, it is not necessarily ideal for the creative arts. The world is full of varied niche interests!
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤
@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
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Love this
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Vic Anderson
@vicart.bsky.social
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Similar for painting. I never ever paint with the public in mind. I paint what I want to paint. Hate commissions.
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Krispy
@feathernotes.bsky.social
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it's exactly this!! I have to write my weird stories to appease my mind goblins!
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Joop Kiefte (LaPingvino) 🟙
@joop.kiefte.eu
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My biggest issue is picking the language to write in...
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Joe Koch
@horrorsong.blog
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It had better be because that's the entirety of my fiction.
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Jordan Mychal Lemos
@extrajordanary.bsky.social
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Funnily enough, my weird little idea is literally about weird little goblins lmao
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C.R.C. Benton
@crcb.bsky.social
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Needed to read this. Thanks.
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Sparrow
@sparrowlicious.bsky.social
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Nothing better than a niche story that fulfills the needs of people in that niche 👀👀 (Look at Martha Well's Raksura books - I LOVE shapeshifters who keep their intelligence and personality when shifted.)
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Joe Hocking
@joehocking.bsky.social
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Tangent but a relevant one: the air force discovered nobody fits the average measurements www.thestar.com/news/insight...
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Selkie
@selkie-76.bsky.social
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I would like to meet a normal person one day, purely for the novelty ^_^
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@bbny.bsky.social
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We need more of this and less of the safe marketable “content” that makes CEO’s into billionaires
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Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedb.bsky.social
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Weird little goblin reporting for duty
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@moonprincessluna.bsky.social
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Does it still count if you're mucking about on the fringes of a larger established IP?
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Red Lori Bright Eyes
@redloribrighteyes.bsky.social
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what if you're nothing but weird little goblin?
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Orion Kidder
@orionkidder.bsky.social
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I think of them as story kittens. If I don't let them out, they will cut their way out with their shockingly sharp little claws.
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Campfire Headcase
@vidoqo.bsky.social
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I make music that I want to hear. Even if I tried to get an audience (which I don’t really), at the end of the day I’m happy making stuff I like.
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Laura J Mixon
@laurajmg.bsky.social
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I love this, Max. This is exactly right.
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Tim
@7amkickoff.com
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100% agree. The same goes for music or any art! DEVO wouldn't be DEVO if they'd have tried to play 70's rock!
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Sekhi, Booper of Snoots 🏳️🌈
@sekhithefops.bsky.social
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*writes away on a big yippin' WoW Fanfic, and also their own Urban Fantasy story* OwO
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Dougie Schwartz (Author)
@dougieschwartz.bsky.social
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"Wide audience"? Are you suggesting they're fat? Rude. 😉 I mainly write what I want to read. So far, my biggest fan has been very pleased. Wait..."Biggest fan"? Am I saying I'm fat? Rude.
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@twarda.bsky.social
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I try to keep that in mind always to stay true to my roots and origin but tbh I find it hard in the heavily westernized (USAnized?) economy we ended up with. It's a tough thing to compromise for me and I'm always anxious that people won't get some things due to the cultural differences alone.
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N. Kay Kerr
@nkaykerr.bsky.social
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Normal is just a mathematical construct and thus, is not real. Goblins on the other hand keep stealing my socks.
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Thomas Rey
@thomrey.bsky.social
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So, basically, make art, don’t market
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Pppatticake
@pppatticake.bsky.social
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Well said
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Leslie Ordal
@gencounsnews.bsky.social
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Needed to hear this today, thank you back to my goblin hole
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Film Doll
@filmdoll.bsky.social
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Thanks so much. I needed this
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Iain Bancarz
@iainrb.bsky.social
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Yep. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is a wide audience movie. "Mad Max: Fury Road" is a weird little goblin movie. I enjoyed them both. But I rewatch Fury Road a lot more. 😀
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Toon4Thought
@toon4thought.bsky.social
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Personally, the more niche a story is, the more interested I will generally be in checking it out.
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Tim Pratt
@timpratt.org
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Blake said 'To Generalise is to be an Idiot; To Particularise is the Alone Distinction of Merit' and sure he hallucinated a lot and stuff but he knew his business
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Hop Brand- Star Arcana
@hopbrand.bsky.social
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As a budding artist myself I'd rather made the stuff that comes 100% from my own head and stumble into success over stressing out trying to make something that's bland and "marketable."
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Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley.bsky.social
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In fairness you'll need it to first connect with the rare weird goblin in publishing who can sell it to the aggressively normal sales guys 🤣
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