Writing as Performance Art
Author Matt Bell is taking writing to a whole new level by making it a performance art. He is writing a story live online, so viewers can see every keystroke he makes, every correction and eventually watch a rough draft turn into the final draft. I stumbled upon this fascinating story on Mediabistro’s eBookNewser blog.
Writing is a lonely endeavor. Writers don’t sell out Madison Square Garden or have young women throwing their bras at them while on stage. The closest thing writers get to being in front of a crowd is on the book tour and panel discussions. As cool as those things are, readers only see the finished, polished product after a writer has done all the dirty work.
What Matt Bell is doing is performance art. He’s giving you, the reader, a glimpse into his writing process. Matt says on his blog Everyday Genius:
To make it more interesting, you
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