Will Writers Overtake Readers?

[Jabrosky]

I do believe writers will someday overtake readers if they haven't already, but my reasons for believing this are different from the OP.

Humanity has always and probably always will enjoy stories, but frankly most kids these days get their stories not from written literature but from movies, TV, video games, or maybe comic books. Unfortunately all of these latter media require more money, resources, and various artistic skills than the majority of young people possess. On the other hand any ignoramus with a word processor can type out a few sentences. Ergo, you have a lot of kids in this generation who set out to be writers not because they have any inherent love for literature, but because writing looks easier and more economical than Hollywood, game design, or the comics industry.

Of course there are still plenty of young people who read (otherwise you wouldn't have all these movies adapted from popular YA novels), and of course anyone who actually has writing experience can tell you that it's not as easy as it may appear.

 

[Gurkhal]

Myself I don't think that readers will ever overtake writers but that's because I have a more narrow definition of writers than many may do. For example while I myself can and do put together shorter pieces of fiction I wouldn't call myself an author untill I'm professionally publiced.

But if you mean that anyone who writes some sort of fiction in any kind of form and under any circumstances, then yes, writers hav probably overtaken readers by now. But since writers also tends to be readers it might even out anyway.