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Maybe it’s my ADHD, but when it comes to author readings, I can’t focus. I can’t stay engaged no matter how hard I try. There are any number of reasons why they suck. Let’s dispense with, perhaps, my own shortcomings as an audience member, someone with a pathological inability to not drift off or fall asleep while in an audience. But in my defense, few writers are skilled in performance. You’re a writer! You work in the quiet hours! You prefer the quiet! And now you’re being asked to turn it on? Whose idea was this, anyway?
But OK set aside how bad readings are for a moment. We must attend them because OK here’s the cynicism YOU WANT PEOPLE TO ATTEND YOURS and you’re not an asshole, are you? We work hard to not be assholes in this biz.
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