All art forms cycle through phases and styles—fashion, dance, literature, visual arts, even acting. To wit: the ‘statuesque’ style of 18th-century actor John Kemble would have been laughed out of the theater today. And 21st-century literary agents don't want novels that open with long stretches of exposition (unless—maybe—the prose is stunning).
But what if you want to write, act, or paint in a style that’s now considered outmoded? Can you do that and still hope to sell your stuff? We toss around some ill-informed ideas and land on a sensible approach.
Questions for Listeners:
(Hop on over to giftedunderachievers.substack.com to leave us your answers.)
Do you consider whether a technique is ‘sellable’ when you’re creating a project
Have you ever had a creative work refused because “nobody reads/buys/wants that style any more”?
Links to Explore:
This topic is so cutting edge that we could find no discussion of it! If you know of any videos, articles, or scholarly investigations, please leave us a comment—we’d love to hear.
In the meantime, here’s an article on how to make an old fashioned:
https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/the-art-of-the-old-fashioned/
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