On Literature...

Jason's Thoughts on Literature:

• You don't need to be dead to write a good book
• Children's Fiction deserves more respect
• Tolkien isn't the only person allowed to write fantasy
• Everything's been done before... it's the author's approach that matters
• Just because a book is popular, doesn't mean it sucks
• People take books too seriously... reading should be fun
• Genre fiction has value too
• Good writing is often concise; frills distract from what's important
• Don't read a book if you've already decided you wont like it
• Just because it's a classic, doesn't mean (a) that it's good (b) that you should like it (c) that it's boring (d) that it's superior to modern fiction

I'm sure I'll think of more later –– Jason