It seems as though with the rising of the internet comes the rising ability to become known. Whether that may be a band on Myspace, a lonely boy on Facebook, or a writer trying to break into the literary world through blogging, it does not matter. This system is proving successful. Tila Tequila got her own television show simply because she had a lot of friends on Myspace. However, in the case of writing, you need to ask yourself if this success is a good thing. Should any writer who wants to be published be able to get published? At the risk of sounding like a rancid bitch, there really are some people who should not be writing. Writing is a form of art, and very few people can perfect it. Therefore, it’s frustrating when people who wear all black and smoke cigarettes think they can write merely because they wear all black and smoke cigarettes.

The idea of online writing itself is slightly unsettling to me, for it gets away from the fundamentals of literature. Words on a page. Reading has now become an interactive adventure, while pop ups are appearing every so often on your screen, and instant message conversations are scattered across the bottom tool bar. The idea of sitting down with a book is lost on most people now.

All of that being said, I do realize that I am taking part in online writing right now. I also am not proclaiming myself one of the few who should be perfecting the art of writing. I just think that people need to regress back to the fundamentals of reading and writing.