Immersion Stupidity
I actually saw this article a while back and have been meaning to mention it for some time now. So now, if you'll just indulge me...**takes deep breath**
WTF???
Okay, I can understand how some fiction writers might think they can get a vague sense of what it's like to live like a junkie if they rent a room at the Baldwin for a few months. But frankly even that is pushing it, no pun intended, because let's face it: they're living with the knowledge that they can walk away from it at any time. They are, in fact, living fiction. There's nothing "immersion" about what they are doing, unless they are immersing themselves in their own stupidity. Fiction is the ability to make things up believably from your own imagination; if you can't tell a good story based on this simple guideline, then maybe you should write about something else.
Journalism, on the other hand, is supposed to be about reporting the facts. Since when is it so important for the reporter or journalist to contantly interject himself into the story? I'm getting sick of reading these articles written by self-absorbed journalists who are more interested in what they had for breakfast or how they think their interview subject is relating to them personally than in what is being said. If I want a food critique, I'll turn to the Food Section.
Ugh. Enough already! Immersion, Schmersion!
WTF???
Okay, I can understand how some fiction writers might think they can get a vague sense of what it's like to live like a junkie if they rent a room at the Baldwin for a few months. But frankly even that is pushing it, no pun intended, because let's face it: they're living with the knowledge that they can walk away from it at any time. They are, in fact, living fiction. There's nothing "immersion" about what they are doing, unless they are immersing themselves in their own stupidity. Fiction is the ability to make things up believably from your own imagination; if you can't tell a good story based on this simple guideline, then maybe you should write about something else.
Journalism, on the other hand, is supposed to be about reporting the facts. Since when is it so important for the reporter or journalist to contantly interject himself into the story? I'm getting sick of reading these articles written by self-absorbed journalists who are more interested in what they had for breakfast or how they think their interview subject is relating to them personally than in what is being said. If I want a food critique, I'll turn to the Food Section.
Ugh. Enough already! Immersion, Schmersion!
posted by DC Corso at 12:22 AM
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