Floyd Skloot Interview

I unfortunately forgot about this reading and didn’t get to hear it. The interview was interesting though; it’s cool to see how a writer’s mind works.

The part I found most interesting was how he talked about not wanting to be a spokesman. It always seems like people in those positions want to endorse products or stand for a group or something. Maybe on the outside it kind of seems selfish to only want to stand for yourself. It reminded me of Mr. Everett’s interview too; both authors didn’t think of the audience when writing. It does seem selfish, you always think a writer writes to reach out to people. I think they do, but like Mr. Skloot said, a story will find its own audience.

I found it funny how he said he leaves a pen and pad everywhere. That reminded me of my Sophomore English class in high school, when we read about Emily Dickinson. I believe she did the same thing too-leave pens and notepads everywhere. I just thought it was an interesting connection.

He said his first venture in writing was sending in ‘publishable’ poems to ‘justify’ being a poet. I think everyone feels that way at first, a lot still do, I bet. I think it’s great that you can get to the point where it’s only the art that drives you. I hope I make it to that point someday too.