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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest to God, I'd like to pursue writing, but I just CANNOT STAND writer Twitter.[b] And it seems like you have to have a Twitter following to get published[/b]. Have some other folks decided not to take certain career paths because of social media nonsense? [/quote]

Agreed. This has been a barrier to my development and confidence as a writer, tbh. I've mostly kept away from social media for my mental health. Privacy is incredibly important to me as a survivor of violence. But my lack of social capital via a notable twitter/ig presence, or the desire to achieve one, has discouraged me from submitting my work and connecting with other writers out of fear of rejection. I'm still trying to forge my own little path but[b] I do worry that there is no space left in this field for people who aren't Extremely Online.[/b] [/quote]

This is how i feel too -- that success would require embracing Extremely Online stuff, which i just can't ever do. [/quote]
I’m very sorry for this, PPs. As a visual artist I feel similarly. The cream is not rising to the top, just the IG detritus. [/quote]

This is so, so true[/quote]
Unfortunately this is how it is for anyone in any creative field now. [b]If you want to be a model, writer, singer, actor, artist etc. nobody will look at your or your work without already having a social media following.[/b] If you go to audition for something or submit work you are expected to put you social media handles and number of followers on the resume you submit. There is no room for discovery or introductions anymore because there is too much media and everyone is trying to grab your attention plus the fact that at least in the entertainment world profits have plummeted and there is only room for safe guaranteed hits. [/quote]

Can you all please stop circulating this myth, at least as it pertains to fiction writers? It just does harm to people who want to write, who are mostly introverted. You need zero social media presence to be a novelist. ZERO.

I had none when I signed my two-book deal. My publisher asked if I would be willing to create any accounts to help promote them first book and I said yes. I have a minimal presence now, I check my IG and FB once a week.

I could list many, many novelists who have little or minimal social media presence. And you certainly won't need it to get published.
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And yet every writing conference and seminar you go to has 15 speakers telling you the opposite.[/quote]

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