- Joined
- Feb 10, 2013
That's the general culture that keeps the lights on at a lot of these garbage sites. All the major players toe the same bar of paying their writers in "experience" and "exposure"; no site breaks ranks from this standard so an aspiring writer has no better option. And if you try to stand up for yourself you get told to take a hike because the site has built a cult of prestige and there's 50 other people ready to take your place the moment it opens up. It's half a step shy of a casting couch, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised to find out that's going on too. People will debase themselves in any way they're tugged when they have nothing to their name but an overconfidence in their artistic ability and a consuming desire to beat 5 million other drones and be the next beloved superstar."Dear god, I just need to get my name out there, I'll write anything." It's awful.