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Today’s question comes from Lew, who wastes no time:
I am past age 50 but love to write. Does TV discriminate age wise?
And here’s today’s answer, in which I also try to waste as little time as possible…because we get older each minute, right?
Nathan Bransford gets it right. Again:
by Nathan Bransford
There’s a fantastic moment in the movie The Truman Show where young Truman tells his teacher that he wants to be an explorer like the great Magellan. His teacher pulls down a map and says cheerfully, “Oh, you’re too late! There’s nothing left to explore!”
It can sometimes feel this way when writing too. There are hundreds of thousands of books out there. Every genre feels well-worn. We have the voices of hundreds of writers swimming around our heads.
When Neil Gaiman writes, people read. And when he talks, people listen. So what do we call it when we read what he’s said?
“People risten?”
“People lead?”
Ars Technica presents the best look at television’s creative and technical synergy that we’ve ever seen. Don’t just read this, memorize it!
Though television has existed for well under a century, its mark on culture and society is indelible and undeniable. Last week, we described how TV got to where it is today: by traveling a winding road of antennas, black and white broadcasts, news and game shows, broadcast formats, reels, and remotes.
These days, TV as we’ve known it is facing a confusing time. After a long, comfortable, monogamous relationship between cable and satellite providers and the living room, the Internet has come at the concept of TV in full force. A rush of power has been handed back to the consumer.
