Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
According to a Gallup study, only 30% of people feel engaged at work, and of the 70% some people are pretty discontented. Management is a big issue.
I know none of us are surprised, but it’s worth a read to get the fine details. I’m curious as to what this disconnect is going to do long-term if it’s not addressed. I don’t see it improving or staying stable, I see people getting more bitter.
– Steven
Lynda Obst has an excerpt from her new book on how Hollywood is broken, which follows what we’ve been discussing here. The excerpt alone is informative and paints a workable theory about risk-adverse Hollywood since you can’t plan easily in an age where balance sheet reliables have suddenly shifted.
As the resident Career Guru here (I also think of myself as the resident sex symbol, but that’s my own delusion), I’d also note something else – Hollywood exerts an irrational pull on other careers. How many gamers base ideas on blockbusters made for balance sheets, how many writers operate under the delusion they want to write some big film, how many people want to be in the industry peripherally? If it’s melting down, the impact will be far wider than we expect – and if it’s melting down, some people should ask where they’re getting their ideas from . . .
– Steven
So now that Amazon is going to try and publish fanfic, now that I’ve done my anal-retentive analysis, what do I think it means? What’s going to happen? What are the repercussions?
Now it may surprise you that I’m not going to make definite predictions. I’m going to look at probabilities/possibilities with a little bit of how we can make this positive.
Now, before I go on let me state that in general I am for this idea. I like the idea of less restrictive, more supportive approach to fanfics. I do support help getting people published. I would like to see more engagement in publishing. I can think of plenty of things that are bad and that can go wrong (which I’ll address later), but I am in general, for this idea.