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Extremely interesting to think about writers doing “covers” of other writers’ books, essays, etc., the same way musicians do covers of other musicians’ songs. Does anyone know any examples of this?https://twitter.com/davidklaing/status/1158132219484893184 …
These are some great examples of what I was asking about: https://twitter.com/schlagetown/status/1158154483395899395 … https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1158139194138456064 … https://twitter.com/davidklaing/status/1158138386357424128 …https://twitter.com/andrewglynch/status/1158137333104939019 …
Apparently Hunter S. Thompson typed out every word of The Great Gatsby and A Farewell to Arms:http://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-out-the-great-gatsby-farewell-to-arms.html …
I suppose covers of stories were 90% of what got told in oral cultures. Perhaps the existence of writing leads to more originality (because the first version can be copied directly), but less awareness of the difference between storytelling and story-creating.
It’s basically what Ben Franklin did to teach himself to write better: he’d write and rewrite versions of really good essays that he’d read from The Spectator:https://thewritepractice.com/writing-lessons-benjamin-franklin/ …
that’s really cool
A lot of my content could be thought of as a cover of The Selfish Gene, though the medium is pretty different.
lol, yes! I didn’t see that before, but now that you point it out, it’s pretty obvious (and awesome)
ah there’s the context I was missing...https://twitter.com/kevinsimler/status/1158224707654582272?s=21 …
you might look into the work of @kg_ubu if you haven't already. Avant-garde poet working in the medium of copy/paste.
interesting, thanks!
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