Why Writers are Creeps

Do you have any friends who are writers? Well, they're probably listening to and remixing your secrets into their work. Writer's voyeuristic tendencies have a long history dating ( I SEE YOU JANE AUSTEN,) but today we will focus on David Foster Wallace's philosophy on observing others for writing material!
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[@TonyMichaels166]

All through high school I used to keep track of all the ridiculous/funny quotes I’d hear throughout the day on a sheet of paper and transfer them into a notebook. Still have the notebooks- too scared to relive all of it 😅

[@brandonmuncy868]

Good rant! Your passion and enthusiasm are infectious.

[@marcusorr7168]

Dude. As a mixed race guy, who is very pro black. Don't listen to that nonsense. I know you don't need to hear that, but man your passion for writing and literature inspired me to start reading and wanting to write. The race doesn't matter, the text does.

[@markcastro955]

Right on, Ian. Keep it up man. You're doing a great service for many people.

[@RafaelPereira-xi3fq]

Ian, I looked online for any story you've published but couldn't find anything. I think you should show us your work, even if it's a short story.

[@sergioalcantar3290]

You can be a writer unpublished; an author is usually considered a published writer (generally by a reputable publisher, occasionally self-published).

[@britishinvasion3188]

Dropping fire lately! 🔥

[@isaacbenson4963]

Hey, I'm not a writer, but I am interested in innovation. Steve Jobs has talked about technology being the combination of science and the humanities. How do you think David Foster Wallace or Cormac McCarthy would have influenced technology if possible? In the first scenario, do you think DFW would have been against addictive social media? Do you think McCarthy would have been pro-tech in any realm?

[@Casey_Bolt]

Where is the 10k live stream at? I was looking forward to watching it this morning. Is it not available if you don't watch live.

[@Misserbi]

Relating to your story about pot smoking in a dorm room I think depending on how liberal your school is it can just as easily be overlooked. The fact you smoke sometimes does not necessarily mean your experience should end because someone disagrees. Have the strength to know the difference. As for other dorm mates complaining use this as an example of conduct. Why does he complain once and say it to just me?

[@kentjensen4504]

There isn't a greater booktuber out there. You're number one, The One, and I took great care in identifying you as such. If I had done a sloppy job and there was Another One, I would have to tear down my whole Ian collage wall, which would probably damage the paint job and i would have to redo the whole wall and start a brand new collage from scratch, not to mention compose a whole new catalog of tributary songs for this hypothetical greater booktuber. No thank you!

[@TGBahr]

Very motivational speech there. The question of why people should care about literature should probably be answered first. I think the medium by which a good story is told is secondary. But nothing is more personal and more direct and more inclusive (through the process of imaginary co-creation with the author) than a book.

[@sethrakes1991]

I'm so tired of the "diversity" and "representation" rhetoric from the woke Booktube mob, reducing many of the greats to merely being old (or dead) "white men." I appreciate your passion for literature and the long craft of writing, Ian. Keep up the Great Work 🔥

[@FrancisGo.]

Agreed. We wouldn't throw out great works of science or math just because white men are 'overrepresented' in those fields. We'd at least have the decency to pretend they stole all their ideas. So it's a sign of the contempt people have for literature. They see it as totally subjective. And that is why AI will render them redundant. AI can just pretend to have immutable traits.

[@mistaando9741]

More importantly he isn't on a constant "so much for the tolerant left" grift like most cons/right cc's, he's trying to make real progress and elevate his audience

[@kentjensen4504]

I'm also tired of woke diversity nonsense, but at the same time it's a great opportunity, both for satire and for solid reactonary stories that are now at the rebel end of the pendulum's path.

[@solace6861]

Im a weirdo

[@iammraat3059]

What the hell am I doing here?

[@amynow]

@@iammraat3059 I don’t belong here

[@fackfackfackfackfack]

hey man, im from Belgium. I discoverd you a couple of months ago and I absolutely love your video's! learning so much. Excited for this one.

[@EmlynBoyle]

Yes, and they even made a movie around that very thing (Following, by Christopher Nolan. This was his debut film).

[@1sihingable]

Decades later, it turned out that several New Yorkers called for the police and no police car responded; the police commissioner or chief (I keep forgetting which) accused the citizens of not calling it in; CTA.

[@cantthinkofagoodname7923]

Can you do more videos on hunter s Thompson

[@jpeterson130]

When people find out I'm a writer, they definitely start to act different around me. This channel is dope, brother. Anywhere I can find your written work?

[@jpeterson130]

I guess the Substack link in the bio would be a good place to start. Thanks!

[@justingil27]

Can’t wait to read “The Water Boy”!

[@BurlapJohnW]

Thanks!

[@WriteConscious]

Thank you brotha!!

[@enriccoc7794]

just wanted to say love the thumbnail

[@prehistoricturtlesaurus5309]

That Ellison story is "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" and is inspired by the murder of Kitty Genovese. Even though the claims of something like 40 spectators was false, it really is incredible how people so easily transfer the responsibility of not only intervening, but even something as basic as phoning the police. Would love some videos on Ellison. At his best he was as good as the best. Luckily, he was never shy about what he thought so there are tons of essays about his life and writing. Even when he's his most rambling old fart self, he's thoughtful.

[@pelleaskagain]

Guys and gals - is there a Write Conscious Discord, or something like it?

[@L_For_Literature]

I started a Booktok to give honest reviews about popular books and I just love seeing the comments coming at me just because I don’t like bad literature

[@CINEMARTYR]

🔥🔥🔥

[@profsrho]

lmaoooooooooooooooooo conscious said “sit the fuck down!”

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

Spot on my psych degree lol

[@FrancisGo.]

I don't know, man. Even Chris Fox, author of 'Write to Market,' admits he wants to create something of lasting value. But he had to build an audience first by way of 'marketing sorcery'. Though he now regrets that to some extent. So I think I'm going to write for the Kindle again. I tried a few short stories back in 2014, but who buys individual short stories? 😂 I'm going to also run multiple AI KZbin channels that adapt my stories into cheap animation while I'm working on my own bespoke animation engine based on my user generated training data. 😅🎉❤ (Sorry for my bad grammar)

[@azeala7995]

My first novel had a lot of scenes about my ex-boyfriends hygiene habits. Instead of shaving down there he would pluck them all one by one while watching sports on the couch. That's one of many things

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

Ouch!

[@penelopegreene]

We all may be creeps. Just some of us get a spotlight on our lives.

[@personanongrata987]

The watcher and the watchee. --

[@christopheryuen9498]

Hilarious Tangent Rants. Let it rip, Bro!

[@Snarflelocker]

This dude is John the Baptist. He may not be the One, but he's preparing people and the path for the One.

[@andrewgirvan3540]

We may well be past the peak of humanity's literary epoch. Just like we left our oratory culture behind. Perhaps like Hunter Thompson describing where one could almost see that high water mark of his generation. A high that will only be experienced through retrospect. The progeny may not even recognize the thoughts of the predecessor. Type O Negative's, Everything Dies begins to play.

[@youngwerther35]

I love you, man! Keep it real! And fu#k all this npcs on Internet

[@sergioalcantar3290]

I've looked everywhere on KZbin and couldn't find the site for Right Conscience?

[@WriteConscious]

writeconscious.substack.com/

[@romanovinwonderland]

Ouch for the psych grads!

[@personanongrata987]

Otherwise known by literary types as a flâneur. --

[@apokalupsishistoria]

The liberals call me conservative and the conservatives call me a liberal; the false dichotomy confounds the profane wit!

[@iammraat3059]

Yesss

[@micahlively8321]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1084">18:04</a> tee hee hee

[@Daveye663]

Based and Yung Lean-Pilled

[@joeking6972]

Didn't DFW stalk, abuse and manipulate women himself? I don't think he's exactly in a position to be telling other people how to live, especially considering how his own life ended.

[@ohBwGuy]

Its never a matter of being in a position to tell others. The question is are you in a position to listen?

[@joeking6972]

@@ohBwGuy I'm all for listening to people who follow their own advice and practice what they preach. That is my answer to your question.

[@R.L.Kramer]

So are you saying we shouldn’t take advice from anyone who has ended their own life?

[@joeking6972]

@@R.L.Kramer the thing is that giving advice is quite possibly the easiest thing you can do. It requires little effort, makes you feel good and others think you're smart. But living by those principles is another thing entirely, and is often the only thing that matters. DFW was a great writer but he is the last person I'd look to for advice on relationships and healthy living. Even his great speech "this is water" was essentially just an eloquent meditation on the importance of mindfulness and empathy. We all know we should be present and empathize with others, the hard part is actually doing it and he clearly did not embody those ideals. At some point words reach a point of seriously diminishing returns. They are but a tool that we've mistaken for the purpose they are meant to serve. So possessed with words we've become that we've mistaken writing for actually doing. And just to reiterate I was totally spot on about the whole mask thing.

[@matejaeja7350]

Be a creep! No worries, I am :)

[@mistaando9741]

Arizona Iced Out /lit/bros

[@AJPzaworld]

Writers are creeps-and other things you already knew.

[@FrancisGo.]

My liege! 🙏

[@R.L.Kramer]

I love to hear you dunking the haters and walk into the grocery store unmasked. Keep at it.

[@joeking6972]

I could not care less what your views on the mask policies were, but when you patronize your local business you are on private property, and you will abide by that businesses respective rules, otherwise they have every right to issue a trespass. Shopping at stores is a privilege, not a right. I'm pretty sure it's not a big deal to wear a mask for the 20 minutes you're in a store, regardless of your personal opinions on the matter. Not doing so doesn't make you some kind of cool iconoclast, it just makes you look silly and in need of attention.

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

@@joeking6972Exactly.

[@RiverheadSkate]

My favorite response to the mask Karens was "how many lives do you think you've saved wearing that thing?"

[@RiverheadSkate]

Just finished watching, one of the most inspiring videos I've seen from you yet. Thank you.

[@WriteConscious]

Thank you brotha!