Comments on: Not Good Enough http://markcnewton.com/2008/02/08/not-good-enough/ Wed, 23 May 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Newton http://markcnewton.com/2008/02/08/not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Mark Newton Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:10:17 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/2008/02/08/not-good-enough/#comment-45 Hey Mike! You could be on the money there. There is a culture of wanting to be a star, all perpetuated by the gossip rags. I'm still blaming Tony Blair or Gordon Brown. Hey Mike!

You could be on the money there. There is a culture of wanting to be a star, all perpetuated by the gossip rags. I’m still blaming Tony Blair or Gordon Brown.

]]> By: Mike Ball http://markcnewton.com/2008/02/08/not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Mike Ball Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:43:41 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/2008/02/08/not-good-enough/#comment-44 I think the the problem is wider than literature. You only need to turn on the TV on a saturday night to see any number of wannabes trying to take the quick trip to fame and fortune without that most vital of ingredients: talent. In our society which encourages everyone to get what they want without necessarily putting in the hard work to get it, is it any wonder that the majority of authors are devoid of inspirational ideas and the normal offering is just a bland and pale shadow of the great authors of yesteryear? Just my ten cents. Mike I think the the problem is wider than literature. You only need to turn on the TV on a saturday night to see any number of wannabes trying to take the quick trip to fame and fortune without that most vital of ingredients: talent.

In our society which encourages everyone to get what they want without necessarily putting in the hard work to get it, is it any wonder that the majority of authors are devoid of inspirational ideas and the normal offering is just a bland and pale shadow of the great authors of yesteryear?

Just my ten cents. Mike

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