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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5164705" data-attributes="member: 8158">"Addressing" and "dismissing" are not the same thing. I read it, and found it utterly self-serving in the way that only writers seem to be able to manage. Oh, a writer's life is so hard...The people who put money in my pocket are such ingrateful parasites....You, my fan, are pest...Oh, I'll take your money, Flanders, but I'm not gonna plow your driveway....World's smallest violin playing just for the writers here. And yet, some people drink the Kool Aid.Seems quite obvious to me and quite a few others that there is an implicit agreement between an author and a reader that the author will make a good-faith attempt to not simply leave the story dangling unfinished. The reason is simple: an incomplete story represents a lousy investment of time, money, and interest. An unfinished tale is rather like a half-finished toilet--what good is having only part of it?Gaiman's dismissal of that simple and manifest observation is unfortunately typical behavior for a creator who has achieved success. As it is with anyone who takes part in a non-binding agreement, once he's got what he wants out of it, all those good-faith intentions he had back when he was struggling suddenly undergo a shift. Let's sum this "implicit contract" up in a word: loyalty. A concept Gaiman does not feel applies between writer and reader. All we have is a simple business transaction. Therefore readers who expect it are presumptuously treating the writer as if he were their b****. At least, that's how he feels NOW.Essentially, this.</blockquote>

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