Would you write if the Internet didn’t exist?
That’s the question that Deb Ng is asking over at Freelance Writing Gigs. A lot of interesting comments for that post.
My answer: definitely. Like Deb, I started writing before the Internet and Web came into widespread use. My first articles were banged out on a Smith-Corona electric; I later graduated to a Smith-Corona word processor and then a desktop PC.
But the fact is that I would still be writing, even without the Web. Things would just have to be a little more personal. How? Face-to-face meetings, regular phone calls, query letters with my actual signature on them, and a stream of faxes — all of which I remember doing regularly to drum up assignments and business.
Of course, my postage and phone costs (not to mention my use of paper and envelopes) would definitely be higher.
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