Artists used to argue about art for art's sake versus social realism etc, and now it's like the most dominate argument is related to "art for the market's sake." It's a necessity, somewhat, for some people.

Online writing is supplementary, complementary, another part of the whole, something that's only as important as one's investment in it.

Artists used to argue about art for art's sake versus social realism etc, and now it's like the most dominate argument is related to "art for the market's sake." It's a necessity, somewhat, for some people.

Having a voice unlike another means you've "found yourself" as a writer.

The Web ultimately is a medium used by real offline people, and as such, it'll probably be whatever we are.

Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits posted online for all to see are something absolutely other, uniquely themselves compared to canonical short stories, for example, and so it'd probably be best to call it something other than "online lit" since I honestly think very little of it can compare to so-called "literature."

If you want to change things in the USA it's best not to spend all your time writing but to take action against the ol' sea of troubles.