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Originally Posted by W.F. Lantry
Others avoid them, I suspect, because they're worried they'll say the wrong thing. Others worry they'll end up looking foolish.
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You're right, Bill. But I think it's also very much a question of what is customary.
Often a writer will only be asked for some kind of comment on his/her work if/after it has made a significant impact, so presenting your own ars poetica, uninvited as it were, might well come across as being a tad presumptuous.
I would like to promise to include an ars poetica in my next book-length publication, but, uhh, should I include it with my submission or wait until they've agreed to publish my work? (Slippery slope, see?)
It's weird how a field with such extravagant potential can get dulled down by conformity and norms.
Duncan