A writer is not replaceable — each voice is their own.
A writer is not tameable — each is wild, each answers the call the way that they must.
A writer is not something definable, not something that an algorithm can create, not someone who can be easily pushed aside, not a simple money-making cog, not someone who exists to generate a profit for Capitalism’s insatiable beast.
A writer is someone you pay — art is not a disposable item; writers need to eat.
A writer is someone who sees through it all —
who sees the world you’ve made and the ones that could have been
— who sees the wounds you tried to hide
— who sees the things you did when you thought no-one was watching
— writers are the ones who look into your soul, who see the blood pumping in your veins, who know the metals in your bones, who know the gases in your blood.
A writer is someone who pulls together the ephemeral nature of the universe and says:
Look! Right there! Let me show you. Let me show you your heart, I cut it from my own chest— let me give you this piece of me that was always meant to be yours.
A writer is not replaceable.
A writer is not an AI.
A writer is not an LLM.
A writer is not artifical.
A writer is chaos, bound in flesh. The creators that walk among you. The ones who listen, and then speak.
Writers deserve respect.
Originally published on Medium
The next Nerd Church post will be 7th December 2025 - hope to see you there!
"A writer is chaos, bound in flesh. The creators that walk among you. The ones who listen, and then speak.
ReplyDeleteWriters deserve respect."
I love how you described writers here, and yeah, they deserve respect - AND to have our back in their fight against AI and stupid sh*t like that.
Lol, very true :) - and thank you :)
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